The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) and Movie Producers Association have seized unauthorized copies of Nigerian movies and duplicating machines from pirates in Alaba market.

The items which were seized last week were displayed on Monday at a news conference in Lagos.

They included recent big budget cinema flicks such as the ‘Wedding Party’, ‘Jenifa’s Diary’, ‘Wives on Strike’, A trip to Jamaica’ and many others.

Other items seized included multiple DVD copiers, writable DVDs and electricity generators. Some of the perpetrators were also arrested.

A source said this is the first raid on pirates in Lagos in five years.

The raid follows an amendment to the NFVCB bill of 2016 signed into law by the Acting President in March 2017, which stated that the release of unauthorized works attracts a maximum of three years jail term or a fine of #500,000.

Filmmakers have however called for stiffer sanctions.