Court Remands Businessman in Prison for ‘Cloning SON’s logo
Justice Saliu Saidu of a Federal High Court in Lagos has remanded a businessman, Nonso Udoye, in prison for allegedly cloning the logo of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in a bid to perpetrate fraud.
The order was sequel to Udoye’s arraignment before the court by SON’s Investigation and Compliance Department on a15-count charge of forging and counterfeiting the regulatory body’s logo.
The businessman however denied the offence upon his arraignment.
Justice Saidu while adjourning the matter to March 23 for trial ordered that the accused person be remanded in prison pending the hearing of his bail application.
SON’s lawyer, Mrs. Amaka Allen-Ngbale, alleged that Udoye committed the offence at a warehouse on 219, Borno Way, Ebute Metta, Lagos, on November 7, 2017.
According to her, the warehouse was later located by SON’s officials on January 19.
The alleged offences were said to have contravened the provisions of the SON’s Act of 2015 and the Criminal Code Act of 2004.
Some of the counts against the accused person read as thus:
“That you, Nonso Udoye, male, adult of 36, Ayara Street Surulere Lagos, the Managing Director of a company known as Agastorm Limited on or about 07 November, 2017, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did knowingly and fraudulently forged a counterfeit production registration seal or mark of the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) and thereby committed an offence under section 468 of the Criminal Code Act CAP C39 LFN 2004 and punishable under section 467 Criminal Code Act CAP C39 LFN 2004.”
“That you, Nonso Udoye, male, adult of 36, Ayara Street Surulere, Lagos, the Managing Director of a company known as Agastorm Limited on or about 07 November, 2017 did forged a counterfeit production registration seal or mark of the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) on 147 cartons of NSNOWS GAS REFRIGERANTS of twelve (12) cylinders each stored at the warehouse situated at No 219, Borno Way Ebute-Meta, Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent that they may in any way be used or acted upon as genuine and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 465 of the Criminal Code Act CAP C39 LFN 2004 and punishable under Section 467 of the Criminal Code Act CAP C39 LFN 2004.”
“That you, Nonso Udoye, male, adult of 36, Ayara Street Surulere, Lagos, the Managing Director of a company known as Agastorm Limited on or about 07 November, 2017 made an impression of a production registration counterfeit seal knowing the seal to be counterfeit of the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) on 147 cartons of NSNOWS GAS REFRIGERANTS of twelve (12) cylinders each stored at the warehouse situated at No 219, Borno Way Ebute-Meta, Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent that they may in any way be used or acted upon as genuine and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 465 of the Criminal Code Act and punishable under Section 467 of the Criminal Code Act CAP C39 LFN 2004.”
