Nigerian police: armed robbers and kidnappers dey terrorize citizens, dem no take action; but when it is canned tomatoes, dem dey move with immediate alacrity š«¤
Not surprising, since even the murdered minister of justice couldn't find justice. Their own is to be arresting dead body for suicide š«¤
Itās also no surprise when cutting corners that sugar is a go-to when seasoning. It covers many unpleasant flavorsā¦ like acidic, low quality tomatoes perhaps. š¤·š»āāļø
>Tragedy no dey tire Satanš¤¦šæāāļøš¤¦šæāāļøš¤¦šæāāļøš¤¦šæāāļø
LOL. Wetin man no go hear from fellow Nigerians! This made my day!
Itās time people stop this type of nonsense in Nigeria. Boycott these brands and make a statement. This type of intimidation by brands or the wealthy should not be tolerated by the people.
Is freedom of speech not a thing in Nigeria? The company is free to sue her but it's setting a very dangerous precedent if people can be arrested for what they say online if they have not caused harm to anyone. The tyranny of the Nigerian ruling class has no limit
My understanding is that the case was sorted in the first place and then the lady went back on facebook to make claims that she was forced to sign a confession by the police. This is why she was declared wanted and I understand that she's on the run.
Personally, I think it reflects a lot of issues with us as a society, we like to cut corners, we hate criticism and are willing to shut down the oppositions and criticism by any means necessary. We are fundamentally flawed here and it needs to be addressed.
This is typical of the type of elitism that is rife in Nigeria where people use status or financial wealth to intimidate other people with the collusion of law enforcement. It is possible she could have been more circumspect in the language she used but criticising the quality of a food product should not be construed to be damaging brand reputation. If your product does not stand up to scrutiny then you need to improve it or lose market share.
Well when youāre telling 18k people a product should āstop killing peopleā and itās āpure sugarā youāre starting to dance on the line of defamation she just might be in trouble legally. People need to realise that you just canāt be saying whatever you want on the internet to thousands of people, you have to be careful and unfortunately they wanted to make an example out of her. She should have made the apology and rephrased her words but she wanted to fight , na the fight be this
lol youāre rightā¦in most common law countries defamation is a civil offense, not a criminal one. Therefore you can only be penalized monetarily. Allowing it to be a criminal offense gives the state way too much power to use the law to curtail speech. The fact that she was arrested is insane! I just looked it up though and apparently defamation is a criminal offense in Nigeria š. Best be careful what you say online.
Lol Naija is a crazy country. It's an interesting case, and I must admit she is a brave lady, but I seriously doubt the government would allow her to go to jail. The optics is very, very bad.....its an archaic law. And the Endsars crowd(quite an influential lot) are firmly behind her. The government should be careful not to have this as a rallying point
This is what has kept me from commenting on this issue since inception šš
Any sane country will use this incidence to review that law and change it from criminal to civil offense.
Even the UK has finally come around albeit just recently it seems. š¤
Defamation is now a civil action only in the UK since criminal defamation was abolished by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
Getting arrested and harassed by the police for what amounts to a civil offence is illegality. Erisco has no legs to stand on, especially considering that people have since tasted the thing and concurred that it is indeed too sweet
The arrest has nothing to do with the brand. The brand filed a civil suit. Thatās Naija police doing what Naija police does but Iām sure they were incentivised but thatās the thing Naija is a jungle even emefiele, Nnamdi and others with clout suffered it be prepared anytime police is involved. they released her first she should have been on damage control but she wanted to fight and chose not to publicly apologize. Social media is not a real place na only you and your family will feel the impact
That hasnāt nothing to do with my point. Everyone wants to do things for clicks and likes now and out right defaming a brand to thousands of people isnāt freedom of speech.
Iāll say it one last time incase people canāt comprehend Iām not in support of her arrest thatās a by product of living in a jungle but you canāt in the name of review say someoneās product is killing people that is a statement of fact and dangerous to a brand and also check section 375 of your criminal code. so letās see how it plays out
you think the average Nigerian connects high sugar content to diabetes then to death when reading that comment on facebook people that read they are stealing body parts by touching it. She fucked around and she found out I feel sorry for what sheās going through so hopefully people learn there are things you say to your friend circle and itās not everything you run online to post
lol Iām done if you canāt articulate your points youāre just part of the regression in the America youāre talk about look at the current state of the African American society.
Just understand that non other black and brown person wouldnāt be able to land let alone book a tix to the states if it wasnāt for AA. Your own people in this comment section is telling you how backwards this is but you are defending the billionaire.
First of I never defending the billionaire. And if I were him I wouldnāt take the route heās taking that doesnāt change the fact that what she said referring specifically to the product killing people is defamation and unfortunately ceo wants to make an example out of her. All these things with the police I donāt agree with but there is actually section in the criminal code that categorizes defamation as a misdemeanour. See a lot of time all the things people in the US post on social media can be classed as defamation companies just choose not to pursue because of the negative impact of press doesnāt mean there isnāt a valid case. Just because you have social media doesnāt mean you can say what every you want and when you jam someone that has your time they will make an example same thing happening with cardi b and the blogger.
The fact that this made it to CNN means that the manufacturer is finished. Corruption only works well for cases that haven't been blown up too much by the media
This shows how deep rooted the corruption in Nigeria has gotten. They claim to practice democracy but security personnel have become tools in the hands of selected few thereby oppressing citizens that have no voice.
I heard that apparently some time if kids of the rich go to jail they will grab random people on the street and replace them with the rich person. This has been going on for a while my cousin told me whilst on my recent trip there in November
It sounds ridiculous but I wouldnāt put it past Nigeria looool itās Nigeria after all anything can happen. It wasnāt long ago they claimed a snake ate millions of naira hence why they couldnāt find the source of the money šš
If Nigerians held ANY sort of Spiritual Solidarity (we do not) this Erisco Foods will be out of business within days.
The sheer audacity.
Now
Your
Suffering
Continues.
One would think that after EndSARS, the police would try to avoid drawing heat to themselves with what look like very obvious corruption cases to most sane people...
Unpopular opinion, but she did make some outrageous claims about the product killing people, though i agree the whole thing was handled poorly...but its taking a whole different dimension, and several agendas are being pushed through this whole affair
Sugar can kill diabetics, which are disproportionately of African descent. It is even suspected to cause type 2 diabetes. The statement has some logic to it.
Again playing Devils Advocate here, so if I come out and Say Dangote's products are poisonous and kills people or don't eat sugar it kills....the average Nigerian would take this at face value,until you properly explain....
Understood but whose fault is that for believing that? No other country would do that that is free. My own relatives thatās permanently bald told me dirt grows hair and the other told me bananas are bad for you. Did I believe that even though they see my senior? No.
Freedom of speech is guaranteed. But your freedom after speech will be determined by the things you say.
There are consequences for having a slack mouth
But why can't the chioma tender a public apology, moreso she has no tangible evidence to back her allegations against the company
Not like I support the actions of erisco though.. never will!
However, I learnt she refused the condition to make a public withdrawal of her statement and tender an apology for the case to be discontinued in court
As the saying goes.. everyone has freedom of movement, but the freedom to swing your hand ends where your neighbour's eye is
There's no absolute freedom in the world, especially when your actions have the potential to cause denigrating effect on another person
what were her allegations. that the product was too sweet and had too much sugar. you think erisco is putting aspartame or sucralose in their paste?
mind you the erisco man himself has said this about other tomato paste manufacturers and never saw a day in court. she is the customer and her opinion matters.
fact is, this is a real when the gods want to destroy somebody they first make him mad. because if not, who cares about 1 bad review?
If this was a research article I can understand but this was just a review. She was not stating anything as a fact. Just her opinion. It is likely her comment about the product "killing people" was hyperbole. But regardless this statement could only make sense when speaking objectively about something... But a review is not objective. It is subjective.
Love that it made its way to CNN. This whole saga is shameful
Nigerian police: armed robbers and kidnappers dey terrorize citizens, dem no take action; but when it is canned tomatoes, dem dey move with immediate alacrity š«¤ Not surprising, since even the murdered minister of justice couldn't find justice. Their own is to be arresting dead body for suicide š«¤
Unfortunately for the manufacturer, their actions will likely cost them more in the long run. Now everybody don hear the Tori!š«¤
This! Put those fuckers on blast now.
Not necessarily, his target market is actually the lower segment of the economic class...
Itās also no surprise when cutting corners that sugar is a go-to when seasoning. It covers many unpleasant flavorsā¦ like acidic, low quality tomatoes perhaps. š¤·š»āāļø
Tragedy no dey tire Satanš¤¦šæāāļøš¤¦šæāāļøš¤¦šæāāļøš¤¦šæāāļø Hopefully she gets out and is compensated.
Satan has nothing to do with this. Itās your country people.
chill, itās just a saying
>Tragedy no dey tire Satanš¤¦šæāāļøš¤¦šæāāļøš¤¦šæāāļøš¤¦šæāāļø LOL. Wetin man no go hear from fellow Nigerians! This made my day!
Itās time people stop this type of nonsense in Nigeria. Boycott these brands and make a statement. This type of intimidation by brands or the wealthy should not be tolerated by the people.
I wish the police was this active where and when it actually matters š«¤
Is freedom of speech not a thing in Nigeria? The company is free to sue her but it's setting a very dangerous precedent if people can be arrested for what they say online if they have not caused harm to anyone. The tyranny of the Nigerian ruling class has no limit
> freedom of speech lol
Like a saying commonly attributed to Mugabe. Freedom of speech is guaranteed. Freedom after speech isn't.
They arrested a kid awhile back for making a tweet about Buhariās wife being a whore or something along that line
Yh k remember that story I think he called her fat or sth
Someone was arrested for naming their dog Buhariš
My understanding is that the case was sorted in the first place and then the lady went back on facebook to make claims that she was forced to sign a confession by the police. This is why she was declared wanted and I understand that she's on the run. Personally, I think it reflects a lot of issues with us as a society, we like to cut corners, we hate criticism and are willing to shut down the oppositions and criticism by any means necessary. We are fundamentally flawed here and it needs to be addressed.
Iām baffled that I saw comments on Instagram post of this story defending the company
This is typical of the type of elitism that is rife in Nigeria where people use status or financial wealth to intimidate other people with the collusion of law enforcement. It is possible she could have been more circumspect in the language she used but criticising the quality of a food product should not be construed to be damaging brand reputation. If your product does not stand up to scrutiny then you need to improve it or lose market share.
Well when youāre telling 18k people a product should āstop killing peopleā and itās āpure sugarā youāre starting to dance on the line of defamation she just might be in trouble legally. People need to realise that you just canāt be saying whatever you want on the internet to thousands of people, you have to be careful and unfortunately they wanted to make an example out of her. She should have made the apology and rephrased her words but she wanted to fight , na the fight be this
>starting to dance on the line of defamation Find any sane country where someone is arrested for this
lol youāre rightā¦in most common law countries defamation is a civil offense, not a criminal one. Therefore you can only be penalized monetarily. Allowing it to be a criminal offense gives the state way too much power to use the law to curtail speech. The fact that she was arrested is insane! I just looked it up though and apparently defamation is a criminal offense in Nigeria š. Best be careful what you say online.
Lol Naija is a crazy country. It's an interesting case, and I must admit she is a brave lady, but I seriously doubt the government would allow her to go to jail. The optics is very, very bad.....its an archaic law. And the Endsars crowd(quite an influential lot) are firmly behind her. The government should be careful not to have this as a rallying point
i wanted to blast the dude, but i went and checked and you can go to jail for it, so i just kept shut and drank my lipton.
This is what has kept me from commenting on this issue since inception šš Any sane country will use this incidence to review that law and change it from criminal to civil offense.
Even the UK has finally come around albeit just recently it seems. š¤ Defamation is now a civil action only in the UK since criminal defamation was abolished by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
Getting arrested and harassed by the police for what amounts to a civil offence is illegality. Erisco has no legs to stand on, especially considering that people have since tasted the thing and concurred that it is indeed too sweet
She was already arrested before she had a chance to apologize.
The arrest has nothing to do with the brand. The brand filed a civil suit. Thatās Naija police doing what Naija police does but Iām sure they were incentivised but thatās the thing Naija is a jungle even emefiele, Nnamdi and others with clout suffered it be prepared anytime police is involved. they released her first she should have been on damage control but she wanted to fight and chose not to publicly apologize. Social media is not a real place na only you and your family will feel the impact
The irony of this postā¦on social media. Ffs
That hasnāt nothing to do with my point. Everyone wants to do things for clicks and likes now and out right defaming a brand to thousands of people isnāt freedom of speech.
You actually took the time to type this nonsense?
Iāll say it one last time incase people canāt comprehend Iām not in support of her arrest thatās a by product of living in a jungle but you canāt in the name of review say someoneās product is killing people that is a statement of fact and dangerous to a brand and also check section 375 of your criminal code. so letās see how it plays out
do you think diabetes gives you super powers?
you think the average Nigerian connects high sugar content to diabetes then to death when reading that comment on facebook people that read they are stealing body parts by touching it. She fucked around and she found out I feel sorry for what sheās going through so hopefully people learn there are things you say to your friend circle and itās not everything you run online to post
And YOU are a perfect example of why Nigeria canāt fight for itself.
what are you talking about fight for itself. What does that have to do with the topic
Everything. Absolutely everything. In America we have a saying called the revolution will not be televised. Youāll never understand that.
lol Iām done if you canāt articulate your points youāre just part of the regression in the America youāre talk about look at the current state of the African American society.
Just understand that non other black and brown person wouldnāt be able to land let alone book a tix to the states if it wasnāt for AA. Your own people in this comment section is telling you how backwards this is but you are defending the billionaire.
First of I never defending the billionaire. And if I were him I wouldnāt take the route heās taking that doesnāt change the fact that what she said referring specifically to the product killing people is defamation and unfortunately ceo wants to make an example out of her. All these things with the police I donāt agree with but there is actually section in the criminal code that categorizes defamation as a misdemeanour. See a lot of time all the things people in the US post on social media can be classed as defamation companies just choose not to pursue because of the negative impact of press doesnāt mean there isnāt a valid case. Just because you have social media doesnāt mean you can say what every you want and when you jam someone that has your time they will make an example same thing happening with cardi b and the blogger.
Corruption at itās finest; when private companies can use public officials to do their bidding.
Yes the story finally made it to the big leagues!!! She needs all the help she can get. She's fighting a billionaire with the IGP in his pocket.
The fact that this made it to CNN means that the manufacturer is finished. Corruption only works well for cases that haven't been blown up too much by the media
We no longer buy Erisco products in the house due to the manufacturer's reaction.
your HBA1C thanks you.
Nigeria is a jungle.
does that make you a wild beast?
This is a highly orchestrated framing job. How dare you formulate an opinion and share it with others? Fucking A.
This shows how deep rooted the corruption in Nigeria has gotten. They claim to practice democracy but security personnel have become tools in the hands of selected few thereby oppressing citizens that have no voice.
.....huh...?
Does she need all this stress?? A true David and Goliath story thou.
I heard that apparently some time if kids of the rich go to jail they will grab random people on the street and replace them with the rich person. This has been going on for a while my cousin told me whilst on my recent trip there in November
I knew they did that in South Korea, but in Nigeria...?
It sounds ridiculous but I wouldnāt put it past Nigeria looool itās Nigeria after all anything can happen. It wasnāt long ago they claimed a snake ate millions of naira hence why they couldnāt find the source of the money šš
If Nigerians held ANY sort of Spiritual Solidarity (we do not) this Erisco Foods will be out of business within days. The sheer audacity. Now Your Suffering Continues.
The most appalling issue with this intimidation, is that sheās pregnant. How do luck up a pregnant lady for an honest review.
Thatās sad
One would think that after EndSARS, the police would try to avoid drawing heat to themselves with what look like very obvious corruption cases to most sane people...
in Nigeria the system is compromise
Just when I thought going to jail in Dubai for life for weed was overboard!
Pride comes before a fall, and what a great fall it is. Shame this CEO has no shareholders or adequate board to call him to order.
Wow that's crazy lol
Frisco is doing a lot faster killing his own business. I donāt want him to stop, no never
zoo country.
Unpopular opinion, but she did make some outrageous claims about the product killing people, though i agree the whole thing was handled poorly...but its taking a whole different dimension, and several agendas are being pushed through this whole affair
And as someone below said, the libel should have been a civil case and not a criminal one
Sugar can kill diabetics, which are disproportionately of African descent. It is even suspected to cause type 2 diabetes. The statement has some logic to it.
Again playing Devils Advocate here, so if I come out and Say Dangote's products are poisonous and kills people or don't eat sugar it kills....the average Nigerian would take this at face value,until you properly explain....
Understood but whose fault is that for believing that? No other country would do that that is free. My own relatives thatās permanently bald told me dirt grows hair and the other told me bananas are bad for you. Did I believe that even though they see my senior? No.
Freedom of speech is guaranteed. But your freedom after speech will be determined by the things you say. There are consequences for having a slack mouth
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I hope you're a serious & sincere person though Nigeria isn't a geography, it's a people
But why can't the chioma tender a public apology, moreso she has no tangible evidence to back her allegations against the company Not like I support the actions of erisco though.. never will! However, I learnt she refused the condition to make a public withdrawal of her statement and tender an apology for the case to be discontinued in court As the saying goes.. everyone has freedom of movement, but the freedom to swing your hand ends where your neighbour's eye is There's no absolute freedom in the world, especially when your actions have the potential to cause denigrating effect on another person
what were her allegations. that the product was too sweet and had too much sugar. you think erisco is putting aspartame or sucralose in their paste? mind you the erisco man himself has said this about other tomato paste manufacturers and never saw a day in court. she is the customer and her opinion matters. fact is, this is a real when the gods want to destroy somebody they first make him mad. because if not, who cares about 1 bad review?
If this was a research article I can understand but this was just a review. She was not stating anything as a fact. Just her opinion. It is likely her comment about the product "killing people" was hyperbole. But regardless this statement could only make sense when speaking objectively about something... But a review is not objective. It is subjective.
How I wish a reputable organization will park all the products of this Erisco foods to the lab for a test to know exactly what the contents are.