Nollywood actress, Omoni Oboli, new film 'Okafor's Law' has had lots of stories and controversies surrounding it of recent, the movie which is to be shown on cinemas from March 31st is no longer certain.
The Lagos High Court has ordered the seizure of ‘Okafor’s Law', this development comes just days after the actress was barred from showing the film at the premiere last week.
According to Punch, an Anton Piller order was issued by Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court in Lagos, seizing the film and also, stopping it from being shown in any theatre or cinema house, pending the court’s decision.
The judge reportedly also ordered the “seizure of all copies, materials, projections or infringing materials, relating to the subject matter.”
Pressmen gathered that this move was approved following an application by Rancoteur Productions Ltd, on behalf of the writer Jude Idada.
It all started last September, the Canadian-based Nigerian writer accused Omoni Oboli of stealing his idea for her latest movie and she never addressed this allegation but went ahead with promoting and filming the movie, also ignoring court summons concerning it.
The movie premiere was to be slated for March 24, 2017 but didn't show anymore due to the court injunction she received.
The drama gets serious by the day.
Punch adds that Idada filed his suit through Chief Anthony Idigbe (SAN).
Read the court order made yesterday:
“An order of interim injunction, restraining the first to third defendants, whether by themselves or their privies, from premiering the feature film “Okafor’s Law”, in Lagos or any part of Nigeria, pending the hearing of the motion on notice.
“An order of interim injunction, restraining the defendant from releasing the featured film in any movie theatre or Cinema house on March 31, pending the hearing of the motion on notice.
“An order of interim injunction, restraining the defendants from distributing the featured film, pending the determination of the motion on notice.
“An Anton piller order is granted to the plaintiff, to enter into the defendant’s premises, Cinema, Studio and other places of dissemination, to seize all copies of infringing materials relating to subject matter.
“An order, directing the defendants to deliver and surrender to the plaintiff’s solicitors, all products and packages with the inscription, “Okafor’s Law” and volume of transaction or trade which have been done by defendants.
“An order directing the defendants to permit the court’s bailiff, and such other persons not exceeding four (4), to enter the premises on any working day of Monday to Saturday at 8am to 8pm, to remove all products or packages with the name “Okafor’s Law."
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