As part of measures to get rid of piracy in the country, the National Film and Video Censor Board (NVFCB) have impounded illegal films worth over N2.5 million in Abuja.

The raid took place at several home video outlets in Wuse 11 and Dutse Alhaji market.

The NFVCB Director of Operations, Conel Agim, said that they were acting according to the directives of the board’s head which is   to fish out all illegal films from the market as they were corrupting the minds of   youths.

He said, ‘One of the cardinal objective of the new director-general is to make sure that all unwholesome films, especially the pornographic ones, must be cleared off the streets, because these things are illegal, they are contributing negatively to the behavioral attitudes of our youths’.

The film censor board is authorized by law to regulate the operation of the industry as regards film production and registration of video retail and rental outlets.