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Court remands two suspects for alleged adulteration of engine oil

January 23, 2021
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The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of two businessmen, Vanger Luper and Bright Ogbuagu, at the Correctional Centre in Ikoyi for allegedly adulterating Automobile Engine oil.

They were alleged to have produced fake Total, Mobil, Forte Oil and MMASCO engine lubricants and placed forged labels on them to deceive unsuspecting buyers.

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) arraigned them on five counts of dealing in substandard engine oil and fraudulently claiming they were genuine products.

Prosecuting counsel, Adeleke Olofindare, said Luper, of 27 Bale Street, Onireke, Ojo, and Ogbuagu of 5 Okoye Street, Igbeniri, Ojo, conspired to commit the alleged offence on December 23, 2020, at the United Allied Spare Parts Dealers Association (UASPDA), Trade Fair Complex, on the Lagos Badagry Expressway.

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The standard agency said the defendants “did fraudulently inscribe SON mark of quality, certification number and logo on the adulterated/substandard engine oil to deceive innocent consumers”.

The agency said they adulterated 29 cartons of AMMASCO engine oil, 24 cartons Mobil Oil, 18 cartons of Forte Oil, two cartons of Total Oil, two cartons of A-Z Oil (one litre each) and one carton of 4-litre Forte Oil.

Also found on them were 5X25 litres of unbranded engine oil and 18X25 litres of unbranded empty jerry cans.

The alleged offence is punishable under Section 26 (a) and (b) of Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) Act 2015.

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The prosecution said the defendants “did conspire and deal in” the adulterated/substandard engine oil for public consumption, which “did not comply with marking criteria of the mandatory industrial standards”.

SON said the defendants deceived the unsuspecting buyers to believe that the adulterated products were genuine and branded lubricants, adding that the “products were not of the quality which you represented them to be”.

Besides, SON said the products did not have the requisite Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) certification.

The prosecution said by dealing in the substandard lubricants, the defendants also violated and are liable to be punished under Section 1(18 a ) (i) and (ii) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act 2004.

Luper and Ogbuagu pleaded not guilty to the charge.

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The prosecutor asked the court to remand them in the custody of Nigerian Correctional Centre until the case is concluded. He said he had five witnesses to prove the charge.

Defence counsel, Mr S. T. Akinwunmi, asked the court for a short date to enable him to file a bail application.

Justice Chuka Obiozor ordered that the defendants be remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Services.

He adjourned until February 1 for a hearing of their bail application.

 

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