Businessman remanded for ‘adulterating engine oil’

 

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded in police custody a businessman Chidi Nwanyanwu charged with adulteration of engine oil and inscribing forged Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) logos on the product.

Justice Maureen Onyetenu made the order following Nwanyanwu’s arraignment alongside his two firms, Two Ocean Oil Ltd and Hi-Power Lubricants.

In four counts, the SON accused the defendants of dealing in adulterated engine oil, non-compliance with SON’s Conformity Assessment Programme and forging of the SON’s logo, mark of quality and certification number.

The SON counsel, Joseph Olofindare, said the defendants, of No. 21, Kenneth Obas Place Estate, Ojo, Lagos committed the offence, on or about February 1, 2021, at the Trade Fair Administrative Block Complex, Badagry Expressway, Lagos.

The offences, according to Olofindare, are punishable under sections Section 26, 26(a)&(b) of the SON Act, 2015, and section 1(18a)(ii) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act, 2004.

The defendants pleaded not guilty.

Their counsel, Uchenna Umoneke, informed the court that his client’s bail motion had been filed and served on the prosecution.

Olofindare alleged that Nwanyanwu had been evasive and had dishonoured all of the SON’s invitations for a meeting on how to find a remedy for the problems created by his products.