Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday, sentenced a bookseller, Chibueze Akamu, to three months imprisonment, for selling pirated copies of Mallam Nasir el-Rufai’s recently published book, ‘The Accidental Public Servant’.
In the book, El-Rufai, a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory under former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, gave an account of his service in government.
Justice Saliu Saidu sentenced the AKamu, who was without any legal representation, pleaded guilty to the charges preferred against him by the Nigerian Copyright Commission.
The accused pleaded guilty to the two counts of piracy and sale of pirated books.
But the judge ordered that the three months sentence for each of the counts should run concurrently

Garri the 1st: I think the sentence is too light. It should be a minimum of 3 years without the option of a fine. These criminals are the reason why many talented folks in Nigeria remain poor. They pirate books, songs, films etc, reaping where they didn't sow.

P.S. I REFUSE to comment on the ethnicity of the convicted fellow as doing so contravenes RULE 1.

Garri the 1st:

P.S. I REFUSE to comment on the ethnicity of the convicted fellow as doing so contravenes RULE 1.

DJDOLA: but the refuise to jail rufai for lootin nigeria money

lutheran: Should have been sentence for minimum of a year, Alaba people be wear

lutheran: Should have been sentence for minimum of a year, Alaba people be "wear"

J12: Which kain name be Akamu?