No time: Forget court order, OBJ’s book is readily available in Lagos traffic

by Kolapo Olapoju

 

In spite of an order by a Federal Capital Territory High Court judge, Justice Valentine Ashi, giving security agents authority to confiscate the autobiography of former president Olusegun Obasanjo, the books have reportedly appeared on the streets of Lagos.

Pirated copies of the controversial publication: “My Watch” are being sold for between N7,000 – N10,000.

The original version of Obasanjo’s book has three volumes and costs about N15,000 while the pirated copy, which has two volumes, comes in a white cover as opposed to the original’s yellow and brown colour.

The books, which were initially hard to get because of the court order, are now being hawked in traffic in the Ikeja axis of Lagos.

Shortly before the publication of Obasanjo’s autobiography, the Chairman, Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West, Buruji Kashamu, took the matter to court in an attempt to prevent Obasanjo from launching the book.

However, Obasanjo on December 9, defied the court order, and went ahead to publish the book, after which the judge ordered that the books be confiscated.

Obasanjo’s book, which is centered on his life in the military, as a democratic president and after office, targets many individuals; politicians, family members, old associates, whom he criticises in the publication.

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