The Nigeria Copyright Commission, NCC, on Saturday impounded illegal broadcast and transmission devices valued at about N3.5 million in Enugu during a raid by the Anti-Transmission Piracy of the commission.
The Director of Enforcement of the NCC, Mr Augustine Amodu, who made this known to newsmen, disclosed that the seizure was made at Obiagu Road, Achara Layout and Ogui area of the city.
Amodu said, “There has been complaints by Multichoice Company of illegal transmission of its signals to homes by some persons in which three power houses belonging to the illegal operators were destroyed.
“The perpetrators bought decoders from Multichoice and transmitted it to neighbours through house-to-house wiring and collected a fee ranging from N2, 000 to N3, 000 monthly, making Mutichoice that owns the business to run at a loss.
“NCC came down to Enugu to help curb this ugly menace of illegality which is very unfortunate.
“The Commission disconnected illegal connection of Multichoice Company signals in over 2,000 houses in Enugu.
“During the raid, nine satellite dishes, 34 decoders, two inverters, a television set and two generating sets were recovered/ “Before the clampdown, NCC had organized public awareness on the issue but to no avail as perpetrators continued their activities,” the director said, adding that “the raid would serve as deterrent to others who wanted to engage in the illegal business.
“Although no arrest was made in the raid because the perpetrators ran away,” Amodu said that “through the enforcement and prosecution, the commission was winning the fight against piracy in the country and it would continue in other parts of the state.”
The NCC Director promised that the commission will conduct routine checks to ensure that those disconnected did not go back to the illegal business.
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