Nigeria Bottling Company, Coca-Cola threatening to kill me – CPC boss writes IG

The director-general, Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Mrs Dupe Atoki, has written a petition to the Inspector General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, to thoroughly investigate a case of threat to her life “by persons suspected to be in Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited and Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC).”

The letter referenced, “CPC/HQ/588/Vol.II, dated 11 November, 2014, requested the urgent intervention of the IGP regarding the threat case and urged him to exercise his authority and leadership to ensure that “the threat is not carried out.”

 

  Atoki explained that in the exercise of the mandate of the Council, following complaints of defective products of Coca Cola bottled by the Nigeria Bottling Company, the CPC investigated one of such complaints in respect of two half-filled cans of sprite and substantiated the allegation of product defect and violation of CPC Act, based on which several recommendations were made “and orders thereto issued to Coca Cola.”

The orders are that: the two companies subject their manufacturing process to the Council over a period of 12 months, formulate a shelf life policy to facilitate removal of their expired products from the market, review their traceability policy to make it easier for the companies to track their products and payment of cost of investigation and compensation to the aggrieved party. 

On the heels of these orders, the DG said, “At a meeting held in June 2014, and attended by myself, Amb. Apata, an NBC Board member, and CPC legal adviser, Amb. Apata threatened that he had connections in high places to call me to order”.