Sunday, April 19, 2015


Sodimu Supports Kunle Afolayan's Fight Against October 1 Piracy
Uzo Chikere
Filmmakers and fans of Kunle Afolayan begin seizure and destruction of copies of pirated copies of 'October 1' on streets.
When penultimate Bottom of Form
Monday, pirated copies of Kunle Afolayan's award winning flick, October 1, flooded the streets of Lagos and other states, the movie maker took to his Instagram page to alert fans, pleading with them not to purchase such.
Isoliderity, some Nollywood filmmakers and fans have joined Kunle in the fight against piracy.
From reposting photos on social media to breaking CDs on the streets, they are indeed ready to put an end to it.
Latest among them is actor and television presenter, Yemi Sodimu, who seized copies of pirated movies from road sellers, and posted the pictures on Facebook.
In his comment concerning the matter, Sola Oyekanmi  wrote: ” I was driving along Opebi road some minutes back and saw about 12 guys hawking ‘Kunle Afolayan’s October 1. They were stacks of them. At the red light stop, I asked one of them to come over, he approached me saying oga, na #500 naira.
 “I rolled up my window and started opening the packs. I broke all the 20 CDS, rolled down and threw all the broken CDS and packs back at him as the traffic light passed me except one for evidence. I shouted curses at him and when he tried to approach me I stopped my car and opened the door to get out, I was ready to pounce on him”.
Kunle recently revealed that he is yet to realize half of the money used in making the movie.




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