The Musical Copyright Society Nigeria (MCSN) has filed a suit at the
Federal High Court, Lagos to enforce its fundamental and constitutional
rights and those of its officials, asking for an award of N100 Million
as damages against the Nigerian Copyright Commission and 4 others.
It has also demanded that the NCC should within seven days return all
materials, files, documents and computers illegally removed from its
offices in a recent raid, otherwise it would be claiming One Million
Naira per day for the number of days which the materials remain in the
custody of the NCC.
In Suit No. FHC/L/CS/1163/12 filed on 3rd October 2012, MCSN and its 6
other officials, namely, Olukayode Ajayi, Benson Yusuf, Omolara Banjo,
Halim Mohammed, Louis Udoh and Mayo Ayilaran are asking for the
following reliefs among others: An Order of perpetual injunction
restraining the Respondents whether by themselves, officers, agents and
privies from further harassing, intimidating, detaining or further
arresting the Applicants or any of its officers or agents in the course
of performing their lawful and legal duties and administering their
property rights, an order of the Honourable Court awarding compensation
for the Applicants and against the Respondents (jointly and severally)
in the sum N50 Million for unlawful disruption and interference in 1st
Applicant’s lawful businesses and an order of the Honourable Court
awarding compensation for the Applicants and against the Respondents in
the sum of N50 Million (jointly and severally) for threat to arrest,
unlawful arrest, detention, intimidation and harassment of the 2nd, 3rd,
4th, 5th, 6th 7th and 8th Applicants.
Other Defendants in the suit apart from the Nigerian Copyright
Commission are the Director General of the NCC (Afam Ezekude), Mr. Amodu
Augustine Alewu, Mr. Mathew D. J. Ojo and the Inspector General of
Police.
The suit was filed on behalf MCSN and its officials by Dr. Ope Banwo
of Banwo & Igbokwe (Solicitors) and a hearing date was being
expected.
No comments:
Post a Comment