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PoliticsRe: Emir Sanusi Is An Enemy Of Islam Who Only Rides In A Rolls Royce - Yari's Aide by Flintstone06(m): 10:04pm On Apr 16, 2017
Billyonaire:
This is what happens when a sophisticated right-brain cerebral fellow becomes a Governor. He has tactically used the instrumentation of Religion powered by islam whose laws has been enslavement of the poor, their children and the enslavement of women, to Lord over them.

His attacks are focused on the Person of Sanusi, and his Rolls Royce instead of the message the Sanus Lamido made to the public. Attack the message and not the messenger, we must learn to pay attention to the messages even if the messengers are frauds. Because what matters is the message.

If this reasoning is universal among the northern elite, then it is finished. The Southern West and South Eastern and Delta South MUST unite, lets get ourselves a new country. Northern Nigerians are mass-producing poverty and without an ideological machination of getting those kids educated, another version of terrorism is imminent. We are seeing the real producers of Boko Haram.
Everyday, i pray we the southerners unite against this northern parasites... Dey can keep procreating as they like... Our immigration service will refuse them visa.
PoliticsRe: Emir Sanusi Is An Enemy Of Islam Who Only Rides In A Rolls Royce - Yari's Aide by Flintstone06(m): 9:42pm On Apr 16, 2017
andyanders:
He said the truth. Sanusi should not be throwing stone. He goes about with his Rolls Royce while his people are suffering.
He mentioned Rolls Royce several times and hid behind religion to fight back... Yari is one of the problems HRM Sanusi has been exposing. Should he sell the rolls Royce, what will it change in the scenario of things.
PoliticsRe: Emir Sanusi Is An Enemy Of Islam Who Only Rides In A Rolls Royce - Yari's Aide by Flintstone06(m): 9:39pm On Apr 16, 2017
sarrki:
I have said it several times

Sanusi only knows about himself and benefactor kwankwaso
You need urgent mental evaluation. You are not fit to be online undecided
PoliticsRe: "Support For President Buhari In The North Is Now Religious" - Farooq Kperogi by Flintstone06(m): 6:57pm On Apr 16, 2017
obonujoker:
Buhari cannot win again... he has failed... well except if Christians stupidly vote for him again....

Christians are more than Muslims
More you say? Where?
PoliticsRe: "Support For President Buhari In The North Is Now Religious" - Farooq Kperogi by Flintstone06(m): 6:56pm On Apr 16, 2017
Nukilia:
The next election will not be on religious, party or ethnic lines it will be based on candidates with high IQ and candidates who have blue prints for complex problem solving. cool
This is not the British election bro...
PoliticsRe: "Support For President Buhari In The North Is Now Religious" - Farooq Kperogi by Flintstone06(m): 6:50pm On Apr 16, 2017
DropShot:
I guess those who voted in the PDP Twitter poll are all Northerners as well.

Cry cry babies everywhere.
Dont use that to measure anything.. The southerners voted on twitter but when the election day comes, the cows and goats will vote in kano
CelebritiesRe: Bimbo Akintola: "I Can Become A Baby Mama Because Things Are Changing" by Flintstone06(m): 9:37am On Apr 16, 2017
Temptee101:
Shut up. See who's talking, buhari is still on your case. Arrange your life first
Ntor tongue tongue tongue grin grin grin
CelebritiesRe: Bimbo Akintola: "I Can Become A Baby Mama Because Things Are Changing" by Flintstone06(m): 10:21pm On Apr 15, 2017
Aunty don't lie. Ur frustrated
PoliticsRe: Who Do You Think Would Contest Against Buhari In 2019? by Flintstone06(m): 2:59pm On Apr 15, 2017
onatisi:
Alhaji Abubakar Atiku

AAA 2019

lets start a new process
Same northern fulani!!!!

I will vote only a Southerner as the next president.
Am done seeing Northern Muslims head every government MDAs
PoliticsRe: Northern Leaders Kick Against Restructuring by Flintstone06(m): 12:12pm On Apr 13, 2017
denuga01:
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Are you not aware your uncle ekweme n co voted against Tru federalism at last national conference, are u not also aware ur brother Aguyi Ironsi turns all regions to centralize gov which Yorubas has been agitating for years. people no longer take u people serious as you only make noise when it's no longer business as usual. You will forever remain irrelevant I Nigeria political structure is concern and remain VP to Yoruba or Hausa's till u purge ur region of hate and stupidity.
Guy you Bleep up oh
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Dilemma Of A 2.2 Graduate by Flintstone06(m): 7:09pm On Apr 10, 2017
Calendermokola:
@ all .


I am just trying to advice those that are still in school to try and make good grades.



Meanwhile, Please I am looking for an Accounting job ... Thank You !
Encourage yourself before encouraging the undergraduates in the forum. I have 2.2... Sure limiting but you will live a very decent life notwithstanding
CareerRe: How Much Was Your Very First Salary As A Graduate Or Non Graduate? by Flintstone06(m): 8:21am On Apr 10, 2017
ibkgab001:
23,250,000
Looks like you collected kidnap ransom
CareerRe: How Much Was Your Very First Salary As A Graduate Or Non Graduate? by Flintstone06(m): 7:41am On Apr 10, 2017
joa2013:
I changed jobs thrice as a graduate, I'm in my third job now.
My first job in 2005 - N16k
Second job in 2007 - N28k
Third job in 2008 - N55k.
I'm still with my third job 9 years after.
Bruh, you need to up your game oh if you are serious
CareerRe: How Much Was Your Very First Salary As A Graduate Or Non Graduate? by Flintstone06(m): 7:31am On Apr 10, 2017
16550 as a retail sales man @ Max Fashion 2014...now 116k...e no easy oh bruh
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Should I Join The Nigerian Legion? by Flintstone06(m): 7:28am On Apr 10, 2017
fetrillion:
I am a 27yr Old graduate n there is a current opening for me to join the Nigerian legion.But I'm bereft of the importance of the region.
I tried to get some information based on their pay,career prospect n probably if it had any futuristic opportunity but i cudnt get any tangible information.
I would appreciate anyone that could give me an orientation.I really crave for d force.
My questions are...
1.Are they on federal gov pay roll..?
2.could there be any opportunity to move to other Force..?
Looks like a retiree force.. For retired soldiers
PhonesRe: Brief History Of Tecno, Infinix, Itel And Their Owners - Techredirector by Flintstone06(m): 9:43am On Apr 09, 2017
OBAGADAFFI:
They are owned by Nigerian businessmen.

Transsion Holdings is just a Manufacturer.

Just like what TCL is doing for Nokia, Blackberry and other global brands.
There are Nigerian stakeholders. It's definitely not owned by a Nigerian.

You people should stop boosting your morale. I work in one of the subsidiaries.
PoliticsRe: Profiles Of Sandie Okoro & Arunma Oteh, Nigerians In World Bank Management Team by Flintstone06(m): 8:42pm On Mar 27, 2017
GreatMahmud:
Dont mind the Oblong Cone head tribal mark-faced black amala and ewedu palm oil lickers called Afonjas. Even we Hausas regard Igbos as a more superior tribe to Afonjas..They are exceptional in every aspect of human endeavour.
This is it guys! The divide and rule system.. This Hausas will turn the Igbos and yorubas against each other so they can keep ruling... And you educated idiots kontinue to do just that.. Mtcheew... Example: Efcc and Customs have only hausa CG/Chairman since inception... Yu guys wee not see that; be there and be calling afonja/ipob while this abokis kontinue to loot Nigeria... We gotta clinch ourselves if we must deliver ourselves from the north or else no biafra or oduduwa Republic if we will still need it.
PoliticsRe: Profiles Of Sandie Okoro & Arunma Oteh, Nigerians In World Bank Management Team by Flintstone06(m): 8:08pm On Mar 27, 2017
PenisCaP:
Nice 1...forget afonja propaganda.
Igbos still remain the most brilliant in this part of the world but our hateful neightbours from west cant just stant it..hence their hatred against igbos...
Even U.S newspaper knows better... but afonjas keep having sleepless night.
Child of Hate!

So us newspaper is sold at N150 naira abi. It's a child of hate like you that runs that paper from ya village. One Nigeria! One zoo Republic!
Nairaland GeneralRe: Share Your Embarrassing Moment You Felt The Ground Should Swallow You by Flintstone06(m): 7:34pm On Mar 26, 2017
softMarket:
cryWhen i mistakenly texted my mom's friend that she has a sweet voice and would like to roll with her! ;(


Not knowing that she's old enough to be my grand ma. I had to change church to avoid meeting her ever again in life!
Mistakenly you say?
PoliticsRe: Certificate Scandal: Sowore Hits Back At Melaye over Jail Comment by Flintstone06(m): 9:07am On Mar 26, 2017
dunkem21:
Do you want to see a picture of Dino hanging out with Sowore?
Share it!
PoliticsRe: Certificate Scandal: Sowore Hits Back At Melaye over Jail Comment by Flintstone06(m): 9:02am On Mar 26, 2017
DocHMD:
Let him come back and set up Sahara HQ in Lagos or Abuja if he is not a coward.
Mumu! Who does that? How can you set up your table in the back yard of your enemy (kworupt government) and think you will survive. Sowore should keep fighting from abroad where his life is safer.
CrimeYoruba, Hausa Used Guns, Shot Arrows @ Each Other-Vulcaniser Who Ws Rumored dead by Flintstone06(op): 8:38am On Mar 26, 2017
What do you do for a living?

I am a ‘vulcaniser’ (tyre repairer) at Sabo area in Ile Ife. That was the place the crisis between Hausa and Yoruba people occurred on March 8.



It was rumoured that you were beheaded and your head was hung on a pole and paraded round the area. What really happened?


It is a lie! I was not beheaded. That is why I am talking to you now. I am not dead, don’t believe that rumour except you cannot see my head sitting on my neck. I am alive. I thank God that I am alive. When the crisis started, I ran away from the scene but they burnt my motorcycle and my engine, the one I use to inflate tyres was carted away. But I realised later that one of my kinsmen was the one who removed the engine to prevent the hoodlums from setting it ablaze. I just collected the engine from the person three days ago.

But my motorcycle that was burnt down completely is my source of worry now because that is where I get my means of livelihood from. We have very few people that patronise us and you can’t depend on repairing tyres to take care of your family in this area.

Are you the only ‘vulcaniser’ in Sabo area?

We are three and the three of us are Yoruba. Gbenga and Mukaila are the two others. Both of them are alive, none of them was injured. The hoodlums burnt Gbenga’s engine (tyre-inflating machine), but Mukaila, whose workshop is even at the spot where the fight started, did not suffer any injury. Nothing even happened to his engine.

Are you aware that some of the people arrested in connection to the clash have been set freed?

Yes, I heard the news also. I was told that the police have released some innocent ones but that those who are culpable are still being held. That is what I heard . But I was also told that no Hausa person was arrested.

Did Hausa people also fight during the clash?


Yes. They fought. I don’t know why they said none of them was arrested. Most of the shops burnt belong to the Yoruba because there are many Yoruba traders in Sabo. The losses were not limited to any particular group.

I don’t know any of them. When the crisis started , the two sides were throwing stones and bottles at each other. We thought that the whole thing would soon stop but we were wrong. Suddenly, we started hearing gunshots and the Hausa also were shooting arrows. I ran away from the scene because in that type of situation, anybody could be shot.

Have you now resumed work at Sabo after the clash?

I have not returned there. People are just returning in trickles. What happened was very serious, so many of the residents and shop owners at the place are still afraid.

Were you at any point invited by the police?


No, I was not arrested. What did I do to warrant being arrested? I and other Yoruba victims went to the palace (Ooni’s Palace) to report and to put on record what we lost during the clash.

But those at the palace instructed us to go and make an official report at the police station and I went. That was the only thing which took me to the police station. I did not fight, I did not steal, nor did I commit arson, so the police are not after me.
HealthRe: I Can Go 20 Years More Till I Get Justice — Adebo, Man Who Sued Fanta, Sprite. by Flintstone06(op): 8:28am On Mar 26, 2017
adedayo3193:
Summary pls huh
NBC have appealed the court ruling; while the claimant is willing to go another 20 years to get beta judgement undecided undecided undecided
HealthI Can Go 20 Years More Till I Get Justice — Adebo, Man Who Sued Fanta, Sprite. by Flintstone06(op): 8:06am On Mar 26, 2017
The Chairman/Chief Executive, Fijabi-Adebo Holdings Ltd. and EFAD Ltd (UK).Dr. Emmanuel Ayodele-Fijabi Adebo, shares the travails of his company in exporting Fanta and Sprite drinks manufactured by the Nigerian Bottling Company to the UK in 2007 with GBENGA ADENIJI

What led to the destruction of two containers of Nigerian-made Fanta and Sprite drinks by the UK Customs which you exported to that country in 2007 to sell in your chains of shops in Manchester?

It was the London office of the Coca Cola European Union Group that raised the alarm that some fake Coca Cola products were brought into the UK from Nigeria. It was based on that report that the UK Customs and Excise with the cooperation of the Manchester Trading Standards impounded and destroyed my 2 x 40 feet containers loads of soft drinks. The Fanta and Sprite drinks were destroyed acting on what they called their rights as customs that the products were injurious and unsafe for consumption. Of course, we have a licence to export being registered with the Export Promotion Council. The products that were exported were specified. The Nigeria Customs Service and others were at the yard of Nigerian Bottling Company while the products were being loaded. I do not know what the NBC was talking about that we did not inform them that we were exporting the products. If we were not exporting the products, we would not have loaded them in containers in the presence of the customs on their premises. Were we taking the containers to Kano or Abeokuta?



The soft drinks were destroyed on the basis that they contained excess sunset yellow and benzoic acid classified as carcinogenic and unfit to be taken with vitamin C (ascorbic acid). How much loss did you incur at the time?

I did not know all that at the time. I had assumed that the products made in Nigeria should be of global standard. I had assumed that there was nothing wrong with any products produced in Nigeria. Even while I was a student in Europe, I had at various times bought Coca Cola products on Liverpool Street. It was not something strange. Of course, the products we took to the UK were not fake. They were produced by the NBC, under franchise from Coca Cola USA. The accusation of the Fanta and Sprite being substandard, due to excess benzoic acid and sunset yellow was new to us then.

The direct cost of the products for the two containers was about N14m. We still had a balance because we deposited about N16m on January 2007. The product was over N12m but we were charged N900, 000 for loading which was signed by the company’s general manager (operations). The shipment was about 4,000 pounds and we also paid the duty in UK. The total amount lost was over N22m. We had some Coca Cola tins earlier but these particular containers contained Fanta and Sprite. These drinks were in specific demand by our customers in London. My wife was there in England and I came to Nigeria to buy them.

Was the NBC aware that you were taking the drinks to the UK considering its claims that it was unaware and you were not supposed to have done so for they were produced to be consumed locally and not for export?

We did not load the products in trucks, trailers or bags. We loaded them in containers, ready for shipment. It was loaded by them and sealed by customs. If customs seal a container on their premises, was it going to Kano or Abeokuta?

Now to answer your question specifically, did they have to know where I was taking the products to? If I buy garri in Oyingbo, do I have to tell the seller where I am taking it to? Do I have to tell if I am taking it to Kano? They were supposed to produce what could be taken to and consumed in any part of the world. Were the products labeled ‘not for export?’ There was nothing like that and I assumed that I could export the drinks since my company has an approval and licence to do so from the Nigerian Export Promotion Council.

Your company, Fijabi Adebo Holdings, sued the NBC after the incident and later joined the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control as a nominal party. Why did you do that?

When the Coca Cola European Union alleged that the products our trading company, EFAD Limited brought into the UK were fake and unsafe for human consumption which made the UK Customs and Excise to act by destroying the products, we had to query the NAFDAC which plays supervisory roles in safeguarding public health as an agency of the Federal Government. We had to ask what it was doing when products unfit for human consumption were being manufactured in the country. That was why we joined them in the suit. In fact, our initial prayer was to stop the production of Fanta with sunset yellow because it really alarmed us and according to the UK findings, it could cause injury to children and others. Justice Taiwo in 2009 ruled that NAFDAC should go to the premises of NBC and make it reduce the content of sunset yellow in Fanta. They obeyed the order and reduced the content considerably. Before then, you would notice that whenever children drank Fanta, their tongue would be yellowish. If they knew that it was not injurious to consumers’ health, why did they reduce the sunset yellow? After that, we got another ruling against NAFDAC compelling it to henceforth do things right after being negligent by allowing manufacturers do things their way. It was after we concluded those ones that we faced Coca Cola. Our lawyers wrote them and they were so arrogant. They were not interested in our loss as a customer who bought products from them. Their response to our lawyers was a little less insulting. We then thought that if we had been so badly treated in England on issue that was a fault of a manufacturer in Nigeria, I would not come to my country and be so treated. I therefore swore to pursue the case until justice was served.

Would you say what you described as the company’s arrogant response to your plight made you sustain the legal battle for a decade?

My main aim was to save Nigerians. I later got rulings compelling the NBC to reduce the sunset yellow in Fanta and make NAFDAC responsible in discharging its responsibilities. I also got an order for the continuous monitoring of the content of Coca Cola products. The rulings were satisfying to me. At the time we got the rulings, one would have expected them to act in a normal, serious and corporate manner. But all we got was that we did not tell them we were taking the products to the UK. What law says I should tell them where I was taking the products to? By law, I have a right to export to anywhere in the world? Through the Nigerian company law, I have a limited liability company and also a licensed company in the UK. I brought a shipping company to their premises to load the drinks including customs to check the products. What else do they want me to do?

How financially challenging has it been for you to pursue the legal battle for 10 years?

It is quite substantial but I sued them based on principles. They are rich; they are multinational and oppressors and think that they can write me off. But I know that my God will be with me. I can go 20 years more until I get justice.

What is your next step now that the NBC is challenging the ruling that it should place warning signs on Fanta and Sprite containers, claiming that the level of benzoic acid in the drinks are within the level approved by local regulators?

The same judgment of Justice Adedayo Oyebanji was the order that I was compelled to adhere to in England. I was compelled to fix labels on the Coca Cola of about 3,000 crates that were spared stating they were this and that. I labeled all of them as ordered but the Fanta and Sprite were confiscated. If you look at the order carefully, it is only meant to alert the public on their choice. To state that if you like you can buy it, but this is what is in it. I brought one of the Coca Cola to court. The court did not even address my loss because it observed that I placed emphasis on moral interest than on financial interest. Like I said earlier, I wanted to alert the public. But now, we are also praying the court that based on what it found out, we are entitled to compensation on what we lost as damages. The judgment favoured Nigerians as we had uncovered what the company was hiding from us and exposed the inadequacies of NBC. We brought in specialists from England to buttress our claims in court. After settling that, the second issue is about what we went through. The money we spent to buy the products was not useful to us. We need to get it back. We also faced a lot with the UK Customs and Excise and the Coca Cola European Union. In England, we were portrayed as criminals. It took me almost a year to convince people there that I did not manufacture the products and to explain what happened in order to clear my name and my company’s name.

We are entitled to a refund. If one buys something that is not good, one should be able to return it and get a refund.

Do you agree with the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, that the level of benzoic acid in Fanta and Sprite are in compliance with both the Codex and Nigerian Industrial Standards and thus safe for consumption?

No, absolutely not. I do not agree with him. Let me tell you this. I feel ashamed that a professor of medicine is dabbling into what he does not know. It is not his field. I earned a PhD in political economy. I would not dabble into what I do not know. We have Nigerians who are scientists in the UK. I had interacted with people who know the dangers of the content of the drink. Codex Alimentarius (Latin word for food code) is a food trade-standards organisation formed in 1945. A former Nazi is the father of contemporary codex. Codex was created by World Health organisation and Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. All members of FAO and WHO who joined the orgnisation are there strictly to attend annual conferences and adopt a convention on food codes. It is not a mandatory United Nations convention. It is a voluntary attendance. They are just to direct or advise. I want the minister to tell Nigerians the country’s representatives at codex? The UK, European Union and the US, from whom NAFDAC took its ideals from, are members of the organisation. Since 1958, the UK, European Union and the US have changed their food codes more than 20 times. Today, sunset yellow is banned in Europe and the UK. It is a dye which if put in a drink and one takes Vitamin C ignorantly with it, can cause a chemical explosion in one’s body. A research was done to discover that. We read in some national dailies that the health minister exonerated the NBC and called for a probe whereas I, the complainant, was not given a chance to see our wise, all-knowing minister. You cannot cut my head in my absence.



What lessons have you learnt from the development regarding the products manufactured in Nigeria for Nigerians?

I have faith in this country. I am from a family that believes in Nigeria. We, however, need to pray that in a country where monkeys are ruling human beings, there must be a change.
Nairaland GeneralI Can Go 20 Years More Till I Get Justice — Adebo, Man Who Sued Fanta, Sprite. by Flintstone06(op): 8:00am On Mar 26, 2017
The Chairman/Chief Executive, Fijabi-Adebo Holdings Ltd. and EFAD Ltd (UK).Dr. Emmanuel Ayodele-Fijabi Adebo, shares the travails of his company in exporting Fanta and Sprite drinks manufactured by the Nigerian Bottling Company to the UK in 2007 with GBENGA ADENIJI

What led to the destruction of two containers of Nigerian-made Fanta and Sprite drinks by the UK Customs which you exported to that country in 2007 to sell in your chains of shops in Manchester?

It was the London office of the Coca Cola European Union Group that raised the alarm that some fake Coca Cola products were brought into the UK from Nigeria. It was based on that report that the UK Customs and Excise with the cooperation of the Manchester Trading Standards impounded and destroyed my 2 x 40 feet containers loads of soft drinks. The Fanta and Sprite drinks were destroyed acting on what they called their rights as customs that the products were injurious and unsafe for consumption. Of course, we have a licence to export being registered with the Export Promotion Council. The products that were exported were specified. The Nigeria Customs Service and others were at the yard of Nigerian Bottling Company while the products were being loaded. I do not know what the NBC was talking about that we did not inform them that we were exporting the products. If we were not exporting the products, we would not have loaded them in containers in the presence of the customs on their premises. Were we taking the containers to Kano or Abeokuta?



The soft drinks were destroyed on the basis that they contained excess sunset yellow and benzoic acid classified as carcinogenic and unfit to be taken with vitamin C (ascorbic acid). How much loss did you incur at the time?

I did not know all that at the time. I had assumed that the products made in Nigeria should be of global standard. I had assumed that there was nothing wrong with any products produced in Nigeria. Even while I was a student in Europe, I had at various times bought Coca Cola products on Liverpool Street. It was not something strange. Of course, the products we took to the UK were not fake. They were produced by the NBC, under franchise from Coca Cola USA. The accusation of the Fanta and Sprite being substandard, due to excess benzoic acid and sunset yellow was new to us then.

The direct cost of the products for the two containers was about N14m. We still had a balance because we deposited about N16m on January 2007. The product was over N12m but we were charged N900, 000 for loading which was signed by the company’s general manager (operations). The shipment was about 4,000 pounds and we also paid the duty in UK. The total amount lost was over N22m. We had some Coca Cola tins earlier but these particular containers contained Fanta and Sprite. These drinks were in specific demand by our customers in London. My wife was there in England and I came to Nigeria to buy them.

Was the NBC aware that you were taking the drinks to the UK considering its claims that it was unaware and you were not supposed to have done so for they were produced to be consumed locally and not for export?

We did not load the products in trucks, trailers or bags. We loaded them in containers, ready for shipment. It was loaded by them and sealed by customs. If customs seal a container on their premises, was it going to Kano or Abeokuta?

Now to answer your question specifically, did they have to know where I was taking the products to? If I buy garri in Oyingbo, do I have to tell the seller where I am taking it to? Do I have to tell if I am taking it to Kano? They were supposed to produce what could be taken to and consumed in any part of the world. Were the products labeled ‘not for export?’ There was nothing like that and I assumed that I could export the drinks since my company has an approval and licence to do so from the Nigerian Export Promotion Council.

Your company, Fijabi Adebo Holdings, sued the NBC after the incident and later joined the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control as a nominal party. Why did you do that?

When the Coca Cola European Union alleged that the products our trading company, EFAD Limited brought into the UK were fake and unsafe for human consumption which made the UK Customs and Excise to act by destroying the products, we had to query the NAFDAC which plays supervisory roles in safeguarding public health as an agency of the Federal Government. We had to ask what it was doing when products unfit for human consumption were being manufactured in the country. That was why we joined them in the suit. In fact, our initial prayer was to stop the production of Fanta with sunset yellow because it really alarmed us and according to the UK findings, it could cause injury to children and others. Justice Taiwo in 2009 ruled that NAFDAC should go to the premises of NBC and make it reduce the content of sunset yellow in Fanta. They obeyed the order and reduced the content considerably. Before then, you would notice that whenever children drank Fanta, their tongue would be yellowish. If they knew that it was not injurious to consumers’ health, why did they reduce the sunset yellow? After that, we got another ruling against NAFDAC compelling it to henceforth do things right after being negligent by allowing manufacturers do things their way. It was after we concluded those ones that we faced Coca Cola. Our lawyers wrote them and they were so arrogant. They were not interested in our loss as a customer who bought products from them. Their response to our lawyers was a little less insulting. We then thought that if we had been so badly treated in England on issue that was a fault of a manufacturer in Nigeria, I would not come to my country and be so treated. I therefore swore to pursue the case until justice was served.

Would you say what you described as the company’s arrogant response to your plight made you sustain the legal battle for a decade?

My main aim was to save Nigerians. I later got rulings compelling the NBC to reduce the sunset yellow in Fanta and make NAFDAC responsible in discharging its responsibilities. I also got an order for the continuous monitoring of the content of Coca Cola products. The rulings were satisfying to me. At the time we got the rulings, one would have expected them to act in a normal, serious and corporate manner. But all we got was that we did not tell them we were taking the products to the UK. What law says I should tell them where I was taking the products to? By law, I have a right to export to anywhere in the world? Through the Nigerian company law, I have a limited liability company and also a licensed company in the UK. I brought a shipping company to their premises to load the drinks including customs to check the products. What else do they want me to do?

How financially challenging has it been for you to pursue the legal battle for 10 years?

It is quite substantial but I sued them based on principles. They are rich; they are multinational and oppressors and think that they can write me off. But I know that my God will be with me. I can go 20 years more until I get justice.

What is your next step now that the NBC is challenging the ruling that it should place warning signs on Fanta and Sprite containers, claiming that the level of benzoic acid in the drinks are within the level approved by local regulators?

The same judgment of Justice Adedayo Oyebanji was the order that I was compelled to adhere to in England. I was compelled to fix labels on the Coca Cola of about 3,000 crates that were spared stating they were this and that. I labeled all of them as ordered but the Fanta and Sprite were confiscated. If you look at the order carefully, it is only meant to alert the public on their choice. To state that if you like you can buy it, but this is what is in it. I brought one of the Coca Cola to court. The court did not even address my loss because it observed that I placed emphasis on moral interest than on financial interest. Like I said earlier, I wanted to alert the public. But now, we are also praying the court that based on what it found out, we are entitled to compensation on what we lost as damages. The judgment favoured Nigerians as we had uncovered what the company was hiding from us and exposed the inadequacies of NBC. We brought in specialists from England to buttress our claims in court. After settling that, the second issue is about what we went through. The money we spent to buy the products was not useful to us. We need to get it back. We also faced a lot with the UK Customs and Excise and the Coca Cola European Union. In England, we were portrayed as criminals. It took me almost a year to convince people there that I did not manufacture the products and to explain what happened in order to clear my name and my company’s name.

We are entitled to a refund. If one buys something that is not good, one should be able to return it and get a refund.

Do you agree with the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, that the level of benzoic acid in Fanta and Sprite are in compliance with both the Codex and Nigerian Industrial Standards and thus safe for consumption?

No, absolutely not. I do not agree with him. Let me tell you this. I feel ashamed that a professor of medicine is dabbling into what he does not know. It is not his field. I earned a PhD in political economy. I would not dabble into what I do not know. We have Nigerians who are scientists in the UK. I had interacted with people who know the dangers of the content of the drink. Codex Alimentarius (Latin word for food code) is a food trade-standards organisation formed in 1945. A former Nazi is the father of contemporary codex. Codex was created by World Health organisation and Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. All members of FAO and WHO who joined the orgnisation are there strictly to attend annual conferences and adopt a convention on food codes. It is not a mandatory United Nations convention. It is a voluntary attendance. They are just to direct or advise. I want the minister to tell Nigerians the country’s representatives at codex? The UK, European Union and the US, from whom NAFDAC took its ideals from, are members of the organisation. Since 1958, the UK, European Union and the US have changed their food codes more than 20 times. Today, sunset yellow is banned in Europe and the UK. It is a dye which if put in a drink and one takes Vitamin C ignorantly with it, can cause a chemical explosion in one’s body. A research was done to discover that. We read in some national dailies that the health minister exonerated the NBC and called for a probe whereas I, the complainant, was not given a chance to see our wise, all-knowing minister. You cannot cut my head in my absence.



What lessons have you learnt from the development regarding the products manufactured in Nigeria for Nigerians?

I have faith in this country. I am from a family that believes in Nigeria. We, however, need to pray that in a country where monkeys are ruling human beings, there must be a change.
FamilyRe: I Love My Girlfriend But My Family Don't Want Us To Marry. by Flintstone06(m): 9:21pm On Mar 24, 2017
olaszydaruma:
This is exactly what is going on in my life too. Although my family is yet to discovered that she already had a child before. She said I should not let them know yet, that when its time she will let me know.
Haha! Na she go tell you time... She dey control you kwa
PhonesRe: Tecno Camon CX Unboxing And Quick Review by Flintstone06(m): 8:21pm On Mar 23, 2017
jaymichael:
Na wao see disrespect, Why you go put Gionee and tecno on the same sentence. All these tecno and infinix na advanced plastic toys. I am not happy happy "upgrading" my gionee m3 mini to this infinix hot 4. I miss my m3 mini abeg. I should have gone for m5 mini or this f103 pro or something. I have used tecno phantom, two gionee and now infinix hot 4. Gionee exudes quality infinix and tecno can't match.
My gionee m6 grin grin grin at your comment
PhonesRe: Tecno Camon CX Unboxing And Quick Review by Flintstone06(m): 8:18pm On Mar 23, 2017
eleojo23:
After all these nice specs, they decided to ruin it with this low battery capacity. sad

I am yet to see a perfect phone.
Try gionee m6 marathon
RomanceRe: Was My Boyfriend Scamming Me? by Flintstone06(m): 11:09pm On Mar 22, 2017
northvietnam:
OK I didn't read before I Comment..
I have gone through ya write up and I want to advise u now...


Men don't like possessive women...

If he's a scammer, which obviously he is..
try and get him a decent job.. that will occupy his time..

lady don't you know he has a family in Nigeria to take care ofhuh
and he can't do that from the peanut he gets from you.

if u love him, support his Scamming ministry..
but always advise him with love and respect...

Most G boys in naija and Malay.. their girl friends gives them that support they need
go to South Africa, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indo, their ladies even go to jail cuz they are dating Nigerian Drug pushers... and they know but will hardly snitch on the nigga or bad mouth him...

I know of a guy that spent so much money just to get his Vietnam girl friend out of jail..
cuz he said the girl was too supportive...

She's in Lagos now with two kids, yes a Vietnamese...

it got to a point in my life and I stopped going to church...
My girl begged me like for ever to start going to church... now na me dey wake her up every Sunday... after ironing her clothes Oooo...

I know of a guy that stopped smoking cuz any time he lights a cigarette, the girl will also light hers... if he stops, the girl will also stop..

she said any day I catch you smoke, I will light my own and smoke too..
the nigga no longer smokes again..

my point is

support him no matter what, with time he will change
Change again!!! No oh
Foreign AffairsRe: Gun Fire In Uk Parliament by Flintstone06(m): 5:00pm On Mar 22, 2017
oviejnr:
At all, no one was killed! Im not sure you didnt read the news sef. You just rushed to book space like me. 2 people are lying on the yard dead of course.
cheesy grin cheesy grin

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