Six suspects have been brought before the Igbosere Chief Magistrate’s Court by the Lagos State Police Command, facing charges related to the alleged piracy of actress Toyin Abraham’s movie, ‘Malaika’. The movie premiered in Lagos on December 17, 2023, and had its theatrical debut on December 22, 2023.
On Tuesday, police attorneys from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (Force CID) in Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos, presented the defendants – Adekunle Segun, Kehinde Oseni, Adebiyi Sodiq, Oseni S. Akano, Adebiyi Suliat, and Agboola Motunrayo – before Chief Magistrate E. Ogunkanmi.
The charges against them include conspiracy, theft of intellectual property, piracy, and cyber-related crimes. The prosecutor, Morufu Animashaun, informed the court that the alleged illegal act took place in January 2024 at Apapa.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges. Animashaun requested the court to remand them in a correctional center until the resolution of the case. It is worth noting that Toyin Abraham recently revealed experiencing panic attacks and being hospitalized upon learning about the piracy of her new movie.