Nigerian Bottling Company, NBC and Coca Cola
Nigeria Limited said, yesterday, they had not been
served with any court summons as a result of the
suit filed against them by the Consumer
Protection Council, CPC, over half-empty Sprite
cans.
The companies, in a co- signed statement by the
Head, Public Affairs & Communications of NBC,
Uzo Odenigbo and Head, Public Affairs &
Communications of CCNL, Clem Ugorji, said they
had only noted from media reports that criminal
charges had been instituted against both
companies as a result of the Consumer Protection
Council’s CPC’s reaction to February 2014
complaint by a consumer involving two short–
filled cans of Sprite. “To date we have not been
served with any criminal charges,” the statement
said.
Continuing, the statement said NBC and CCNL
had the utmost respect for the CPC as a regulator
and an agency of government and would continue
to co-operate with the council on the matter.
According to the statement, “we filed applications
for a judicial review of these orders in February
2014, which review is pending in the courts. We
do not believe that our submission to judicial
review is in violation of the council’s orders. We
have full trust in the Nigerian judicial system.
“Our consumers and customers are our highest
priority. NBC and CCNL take all matters relating
to our products very seriously and remain
committed to maintaining the highest
international quality and food safety standards.”
It added, “out of respect for the ongoing court
processes, we do not wish to comment further in
public on this issue.”
It could be recalled that in February CPC warned
Coca-Cola that Nigeria was not a “dumping
ground for substandard products” and that it had
also been inundated with complaints about rusty
cans, rusty bottle tops and foreign particles in
beverages.
It said the half-filled cans continued to evaporate
during its investigation.
Attorney General Mohammed Bello Adoke, who is
also the justice minister, filed the suit at the
Federal High Court in Abuja against Coca-Cola
Nigeria and its chief executive, and the NBC and
its managing director for criminal breach of the
Consumer Protection Act.
He accused both companies of “deliberately
failing, refusing and/or neglecting to comply” with
orders to subject their manufacturing processes to
its inspection, and filed an additional charge
against Coca-Cola for refusing to appear before
the council. Nigerian Bottling manufactures the
products under the license and authority of Coca-
Cola Nigeria.


www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/summons-us-half-empty-cans-nbc-coca-cola/

Nigerians peddling lies since 1904

Wat do we believe? Lies evrywere like air, Smh 4 nigeria media.

This is a lie. Well I never expected them to confirm it. Maybe they think they can sort the government out.


I pray the govt. sanctions them.

perfectcrush:
Wat do we believe? Lies evrywere like air, Smh 4 nigeria media.

dats Nigeria media for u.... dnt knw which d story to believe