Gabosky Fires Back At His Attackers

Meanwhile,Gabriel Okoye, popularly known as Gabosky, has fired back at those who are condemning Kunle Afolayan, insisting that about 99 percent of pirates in Nigeria are from the Igbos extraction. Addressing the press on Thursday, Gabosky who is the President of G-Media Limited, a distribution outlet, said he has lost over N450 million to pirates in recent times.

According to him, both Kunle Afolayan and himself are frustrated by pirates. However, insisting that Igbo traders in Alaba International Market are the major pirates in the country, Gabosky warned that nobody should blame Kunle Afolayan following his comments on the internet because he’s being frustrated by the pirates who are just interested in reaping where they did not sow.

Speaking further, Gabosky alleged that piracy has been incorporated in the country. He accused former movie marketers as those who are behind the menace of piracy. Gabosky’s G- Media is the sole distributor of Kunle Afolayan’s films including “Fugurine”, “Irapada”, “Phone Swap” and “October 1”. Narrating his frustration in the hands of the pirates, Gabosky said, “Kunle Afolayan is not branding Igbos as pirates, neither is he.

Rather we are defending source of our livelihood. Those who are attacking Kunle are pirates. There is no sensible film maker who knows there’s no guarantee that you will get your return on investment after completing the production of your film will attack Kunle because he condemned the activities of pirates. Igbos are pirating my films, and they are frustrating me.

It’s not about Kunle Afolayan, rather it is about the job he has given me and the people that are pirating it. I know the pirates. I told Kunle Afolayan that the Igbo boys in Alaba International Market are frustrating me and that 99 per cent of them are Igbos. Recounting what he has lost to pirates, Gabosky puts the figure at N450 million. He disclosed that the pirates are currently threatening to release Kunle Afolayan’s October 1.”

“I was planning to release “Half of a Yellow Sun”, when I discovered that the pirated copies of the movie have flooded the market. The same Bank of Industry that gave me loan to set the distribution outlet across the country, sponsored the Yewande’s “Half of a Yellow Sun.” She spent close to N2 billion to produce the film, yet she did not make any money in return.