Gangs of Lagos Not Injurious To Anyone – Amazon

Amazon Nigeria. , a subsidiary of amazon Inc. And founder of prime video Nigeria, has claimed that its film, Gangs of Lagos, is not injurious to anyone.

The company, is a defendant in a suit, before a lagos high court, instituted by the isale eko descendants union (idu), following its production ‘gang of lagos’.

The IDU had sued the company, claiming ₦10 billion damages before justice Idowu Alakija of the Lagos high court, over the contents of the film.

The defendants had queried lagos state’s jurisdiction over the production of the film before the court by some indigenes of the state.

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In the suit, the defendants are questioning the authority of the lagos state government to censor films and videos produced within its jurisdictions stipulated in the cinematograph law of lagos state, 2004.

The claimants are Ayodele Bajulaiye, who sued on behalf of Bajulaiye chieftaincy family and Eyo Iga Bajulaiye and Abdul-waheed Ayeni on behalf of Sasore chieftaincy family and Eyo Iga Sasore.

However, in its preliminary objection, amazon challenged the powers of the lagos state government on its regulatory role in the case.

It consequently requested the court to dismiss the lagos state cinematography law which they claimed was enacted outside the legislative competence of the lagos state house of assembly.

The defendants claimed that the high court of lagos state had no jurisdiction to compel the lagos state government to censor the said film under its cinematography law which it argued falls within the provisions of the national film and video censors board act.

The 1999 constitution, the defendants averred precludes the high court of justice from ‘’exercising jurisdiction over interpretation of the constitution as it relates to the federal government and its agencies’’.