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Musician Veno Marioghae-Mbanefo on Friday prayed a Federal High Court to declare as unlawful, alleged unauthorised use of her 1985 hit song – Nigeria Go Survive – by Airtel Nig. Ltd.
Veno Marioghae Mbanefo, a veteran Nigerian artiste, has dragged a telecommunications company, Airtel Network Limited before the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos for “unauthorised use” of her musical work. Mbanefo disclosed this in a statement sent to SaharaReporters on Tuesday. The statement reads, “I, Veno Marioghae Mbanefo, found out a few months ago, that Airtel had been using my song, "Nigeria Go Survive," to market their products, using their telemarketing numbers, without my permission.
Mbanefo, in a letter, addressed to the company by her lawyers asked the telecoms company to “cease and desist forthwith from further infringing on the copyright of our Client to the aforementioned musical work”.
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