Pornographic videos inundate Nigeria, authorities helpless

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

LAGOS (AFP) — Perching on a concrete slab under a motorway bridge, Jude Anyadike displays his pirated video CDs which titles such as "Curve Enticement" and "Interminable Pleasure".

Anyadike, 34, is one of the hundreds of sellers of "pornos" in the sprawling city of Lagos where people brazenly break the law and authorities very often look the other way.

Anyadike, a secondary school drop-out, described himself as a staunch Roman Catholic but the need to feed his family of five means he sells pornographic films seven days a week, even on Sundays after mass.

"Romantic love", "Playboy", "Gigolo" and "Sexual Urge" are some of his other titles -- pirated versions of films imported either from the United States or from elsewhere in Africa.

His rickety stall...