Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have arrested four school-leavers for allegedly producing adulterated engine oil.

The suspects, John Ibem, Lawrence Frank, Agu Ndubuisi and Samuel Chukwuonye, were paraded on Friday at the Lagos State Command of the NSCDC in Ikeja.

It was learnt that they were apprehended on Thursday at a factory on Marine Bridge Street, Apapa, where the lubricant was produced in large quantity.

The factory owner, identified simply as Emeka, took to his heels and was still at large as of the time of filing this report.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspects branded the counterfeit product in the name of a leading lubricant producer in the country in order to deceive unsuspecting members of the public.

Five jerrycans containing the counterfeit product and a bucket of gum used in the factory were said to have been recovered by the security operatives.

However, the suspects did not disclose the price at which they sold a jerrycan of the adulterated lubricant.

It was learnt that same quantity of the original engine oil was sold for N5,000.

Ndubuisi, 19, who hails from Ebonyi State, said five drums of the counterfeit oil with 250 litres each were produced daily at the factory.

The teenager, who said he was paid N8,000 per week, added that he wanted to use his wages to fund his higher education.

He said, “I am one of the manufacturers at the factory. We produce about five drums per day. The oil is packaged inside four-litre jerrycans. But I don’t know the price for each. It is our boss, Emeka, that markets the product. He does not disclose the price to us. He gives me N8,000 per week. I just finished my secondary school and I intend to continue my education.”

Twenty-three-year-old Chukwuonye from Anambra State said he did not know the factory produced adulterated engine oil until he was arrested.

“I was arrested the first day I worked with them,” he added.

Ibem, an indigene of Abia State, who regretted working at the factory, said his role was to package the oil into jerrycans in readiness for sale.

He said, “I joined the factory in February 2015. I collected N8,000 per week. My work is to package the oil for sale but it is our boss that takes it to the market.”

Twenty-three-year-old Frank, said, “My duty is to load the product inside buses for it to be taken to the market. But I don’t know where it is sold. I know it is adulterated. It was joblessness that made me join the factory. I just finished from secondary school last year.”

Two other suspects – 50-year-old Kehinde Atanda and Johnson Uche, 25, – were also paraded on Friday for alleged adulteration and illegal dealing in oil.

But Atanda, who hails from Kwara State, said, “I sell oil in Apapa. I normally buy remnants of oil in Apapa and I give it to Uche to help me filter it. I have been doing the business for seven years. I wanted to collect the refined oil from him when I was arrested.”

Uche, 25, confirmed to our correspondent that he assisted Atanda to filter the alleged remnants of oil.

The Commandant, NSCDC, Lagos Command, Tajudeen Balogun, said his men swooped on the suspects based on intelligence report, adding that they would face the full weight of the law to serve as a deterrent to others.

He said, “They were caught where they were doing illegal mixing. The oil can destroy car engines. A laboratory test is ongoing on the product in order to confirm its counterfeit nature and to serve as evidence against them.”
http://punchng.com/school-leavers-arrested-for-producing-fake-engine-oil/

No wonder car engine dey knock quick these days.

Just negode

Reporting for the Name checkers association! Obudu branch

In saner lands those guys' skills would have been harness for good works

This is bad and there is no excuse for criminality... if u want to be an entrepreneur be an entrepreneur with clean hands...
Why didn't they produce the regular unbranded oil we buy at the road side??
They wanted to decive people and make more gain... That's bad...
Let them face the law... They workers may be pardoned but the chief architect should fave the music

So they will go to jail abi?

A country that does appreciate talent.

If its easy to manufacture "fake oil" try yours and see.

Am sure these dudes have not seen the 4 walls of a university yet they can produce engine oil.

Our so called engineers, this is a challenge for you all.

Such people should be encouraged and sponsored by the Government or companies to improve on their talent and later on employed to produce quality stuff

how did NSCDC know that the Engine Oil is fake?

Why would this country continue to waste talents, for God's sake.

Why not cluster these 'criminals' and harness these ideas into ventures that will benefit the nation.

Even though their produce is fake, I bet it will be of high quality than the so-called original.

Lalasticlala take note, an opener for car owners.

kenkenn:
So they will go to jail abi?

A country that does appreciate talent.

If its easy to manufacture "fake oil" try yours and see.

Am sure these dudes have not seen the 4 walls of a university yet they can produce engine oil.

Our so called engineers, this is a challenge for you all.

seconded

Punch knows how to promote tribalism like there is no tomorrow. Some idiotts accuse Vanguard of reporting IPOB and NDA actions forgetting that Punch built its media empire through promotion of tribalism and been a sycophant like the Alafin picture they published yday trying to shake Aishaliburton hands whereas the last picture which showed that our bleaching Alafin really shook Aishaliburton hands wasn't posted.

This igbo boys[i] na wa for una ooi[/i]

They messed up their hometowns

Now they are trying to mess up Lagos



Name checkers association , with pleasure i announce to you that Nna na Dem again

DaBullIT:
They messed up their hometowns

Now they are trying to mess up Lagos



Name checkers association , with pleasure i announce to you that Nna na Dem again

But they own Lagos.

There is no talent in destroying someone else's brand.
If you have a product that is actually good, and not rubbish, you will brand it and sell it.

These greedy criminals are destroying people's cars by selling oil that is not to spec

As usual, the 4x4 illiterates who deal in pieces are on the thread to postulate that some roadside warehouse can somehow blend world class engine oil with their 'talent'.

Those thieves are selling base oil. I hope total also deals with them further.

It is the same way the lady in kano died due to adulterated Sept rin.

MadCow1 this is for you.
Name checking completed, suspects verified , submitted for further processing.

At least it better than ritual killing

kenkenn:
So they will go to jail abi?
A country that does appreciate talent.
If its easy to manufacture "fake oil" try yours and see.
Am sure these dudes have not seen the 4 walls of a university yet they can produce engine oil.
Our so called engineers, this is a challenge for you all.

You sound like an E-gbo Smoker..

So your point is that they should be appreciated for making fake Engine Oil to sold to unsuspecting Road users that will knock their engines. Thats like saying we should appreciate a criminal who breaks padlocks to rob people because breaking Padlocks must be a skill..

In case you think its rocket science, all they do is go buy regular oil (which is readily available and sold on almost every street in Nigeria) and pour it into brand containers like Total Lube, Mobil, e.t.c. Any criminal minded fellow can do it.

The fact that they have not seen the 4 Walls of a University does not mean you should encourage criminality.

Our Engineers are busy building and designing Oil Platforms, fixing and maintaining Aircraft's, fixing automobiles, constructing and Fabricating Equipment, installing and Maintaining heavy Machinery, Building Roads and Bridges, Constructing High Risers, e.t.c. Our Engineers are not busy making Fake Engine Oil to sell to unsuspecting Buyers.



You better go and find better handwork to do o!! Be looking for who will appreciate your criminality.

Na wao

Thank God.. At least our cars no go knock again.

Wicked Nigerians

Who dem bi where dem dey

Names Checker!Pls help to understand where those suspects came from. #runaway#

facelessangel:
At least it better than ritual killing

Can you imagine the nonsense you are spewing out. This a a serious crime, and can lead to loss of lives if used on vehicles.

Didn't read the write up, but they will come from the IPOB town. Very sure of that...

Nice job NSCDC keep it up guys

Yeah rite

opal4real:


But they own Lagos.

Sealeddeal:
how did NSCDC know that the Engine Oil is fake?

Because they are not dumbass like you

Name checkers neutralised. Brilliant!

kenkenn:
Such people should be encouraged and sponsored by the Government or companies to improve on their talent and later on employed to produce quality stuff

Yeye, encouraged to adulterate products abi? How you people think adulteration is ingenuity baffles me.