The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has raided the magnificent Onitsha Main Market in search of fake materials which are sold for public consumption.
Acting on a tip- off over a fake influx of Lux Premier Underwear, the CPC invaded the market and confiscated fake products worth about five million naira believed to have been imported from China.
According to Head of Surveillance and Enforcement, Consumer Protection Council, South East, Mr. Uchegbu Chukwuma, the body was alerted by an Indian whose original products were being faked by an Onitsha based importer.
“Having all the information needed, CPC decided to raid the shops and ware house of the dubious importer who is now on the run”, Chukwuma said.
CPC Head of Surveillance and Enforcement stated that it would be difficult for consumers to differentiate the fake underwear from the original which he said was much more superior as the product were produced in India, but faked and imported from China.
He blamed Onitsha importers for their dubious role in choosing to import fake materials in place of quality ones to the detriment of Nigerian consumers.
He reiterated the readiness of the body in protecting the rights of Nigerian consumers and making sure that they enjoy adequate value of their money.
Mr. Chukwuma who had earlier held a sensitization workshop with electronics and electrical parts dealers of Iweka Road Market and its Obosi counterpart and threatened to raid those markets, including the Ogbaru Relief market in no distant future.
He advised the Public (consumers) not to hesitate to give adequate information to CPC on the whereabouts of importers and dealers of sub-standard materials
Though no arrest was made, the CPC in company of law enforcement agents were seen loading the fake under wears into a waiting Van.
