NewStats: 3,263,974 , 8,182,118 topics. Date: Monday, 09 June 2025 at 06:35 AM i3f61

Semaj77:


I'm already living in one of you think challenging a murder allegation in court is wrong , do you not have a brain or is it not working

He didnt simply deploy court processes. He went further to bring his personal wealth to bear on the highest levels of the police and you know it.

In no sane society can a customer be arrested for criticizing a product.

"Your product is killing people" is not a murder allegation. It is just s subjective health warning according to one person's opinion and can be ignored.

And you know it.

immortalcrown:
What would have happened if the company didn't challenge the lady in court?

The company has bad pr, this should have been used to their advantage, now everything don scatter

vengertime:
I won't lie, my cousin and I saw that Erisco tomato paste in a super market and we bought some to see if this lady was being serious with her review or being mischievous.

My honest review is that the sugar content was intense, which I'm not even bothered about because Gino and Tastytom also has sugar in them when you taste them raw.

However, the tomato paste when Cooked for jollof rice it taste like burnt rubber or plastic. The taste was horrible. It's not something I could use twice.

Thank God I didn't review it on Facebook or Instagram. Because that man don't take criticism

Chief must see this post. You are in soup

Semaj77:


Criticism is different from accusation , please know the difference

So if I taste a product that has too much sugar, and I say it on my page on Facebook, is that an accusation or criticism?

Crafteck1:




Nonsense upon nonsense, in a sane environ, a company is meant to campaign and enlighten the public about this and that not threaten to deal with a consumer, the products were put in the market for same consumers right? If i dont like something after smoking BLESSING and hedges then i come out and say this cigarette contains lots of nicotine, which cigarettes normally do, is arresting me the next line of action? This is why religion enslaved people by shutting them from voicing their opinion and questioning things being preached to them...

One thing i want to know is if the owner of the company was from another tribe, would the ladys people be silent?
Seems when the tribe effect checkmated themselves, people chose btw rich and poor.

For your info, products plenty with negative effects for body..

Why are you trying to smart by half , Erisco isn't taking her to court for criticising their sugar content but for alleging that their product is killing people , she should provide proof of such an erroneous claim or face the consequences.

I avoid tomato paste like a plague...

Pepper dem woman has been released.

dibunotion:
Understand that social media is not another world. You are able to your words

Tell me what she has done wrong other than give an honest review.

immortalcrown:
Sentiment rules Nigeria. That is why majority of Nigerians condemn the action ERISCO Foods takes against the lady. Most nigerians place emotions above facts. The best way to handle the case is for the public to send apologies to the brand and assure the brand that its product will not be boycotted. You cannot save the lady by threatening the company. If you keep threatening the company, the company will choose to die as a hero than dying as a coward.

1.
Right from the moment the lady defamed the product, sentimentalists quickly began to beat drums of boycott against the product. According to ERISCO, the demand for the defamed product sharply dropped following the defamation. But sentimentalists now claim that the defamation would not have affected the brand. They claim that what will affect the brand is the action being taken against the lady. So, the brand should have waited to fold up before challenging the defamation? Before you judge a person, put yourself in his or her shoes.

2.
The lady lied against the product by claiming it kills people. Who will keep quiet when accused of killing people? Who? If you condemn ERISCO Foods but cannot keep quiet when you are accused of murder, you are nothing but a hypocrite.

3.
I would have condemned ERISCO Foods if the lady tendered a sincere apology and the public ed her to ask the brand forgiveness. The same public that the brand's survival depends on believes the lady's claim about the product and threatens to boycott the product. So, the company is trying to save its reputation.

4.
I know she had miscarriage while in police custody, and it saddens me. But we should also know that many workers in ERISCO Foods may loose their jobs and die of hunger because of her defamation. Are you saying it is right for her to try to kill people but it is wrong for the people to try to defend themselves? ERISCO Foods didn't get her arrested to cause her the miscarriage. ERISCO Foods put got her arrested for the sake of justice. The miscarriage is a coincidence, not a deliberate action.

5.
She said the paste contains Sugar. It is true, and the company never said otherwise. On the body of the paste, Sugar is listed as one of the ingredients in the paste. But the sentimentalists quickly ed her to cry that the company is deadly for putting Sugar in the paste. They implied that the company has been deceiving the public. How? Does the company hide the fact that the product contains Sugar? If not that you are stupid, you would have checked the ingredients in the paste before displaying your stupidity.

6.
The company explained that the paste is a multipurpose one that can substitute butter for bread. I saw some comments saying that such paste is being consumed for the same purpose in some Western countries. So, ignorance landed the lady and her fans into this mess. Who does a review without a thorough research?

This is a paid write-up obviously and it won't help the company at all.
It's a pity Nigeria has poor consumers protection policy, many brands would have gone down the drain
This same company did same thing to the imported products to gain attention but unfortunately it escalated a trivial issue

Useless and most useless lady

Poiniyisworld:
Where is it written in the constitution to lie that another person's product is killing others without proof....

The only defence to LIBEL IS TRUTH...

Instead of raising her shoulders high, she should have apologised .

She said she tasted it and there was too much sugar, and obviously too much sugar can kill, where did she say that it is killing people?

Biglittlelois:



Chioma said it had too much sugar not killing people, don't quote me saying nonsense next time.

You think I will Eriscos if she didn't say so? Check the comment section of her post and her reply to another na...

Dog will bite you this week for being rude to me... fishlips

No matter how good a product is, you will see both good and bad review. Erisco should go on playstore to learn how to treat bad review of your product

Demayour:


But then, the question still remains.

If the woman is as powerful and influential, would she have been treated as such? Taking the person to court is one thing, locking up someone when they've not been declared guilty for a very long time is another thing.

Is thus how democracy works in the country we copy it from or aren't we practicing aristocracy in disguise?

No the question is was she right to accuse the company that their products kill people without proof

cnonyechi:


All this long story is for nothing, we no buy again. Nobody would have boycotted the product cos of Chioma's reviews, it's a review for crying out loud, people boycotted and are boycotting cos of the proud and inhuman actions of the md of the company. When I heard him speak and vow I knew naaa, I no fit chop him product.

I think you're right. They stopped patronising erisco products due to the way the man handled the poor lady. Who knows, the lady could be sponsored by another tomato paste company that's about coming on board in order to pull erisco down. NAFDAC was involved in the matter and erisco products were given a mark. the indomie noodles saga? I'm sure you knew what happened next after the perceived enemies lost the battle...we saw over 3 companies coming up same time manufacturing noodles.

Sadly, whenever enemies want to penetrate he will use your relation or tribes people to enter you. The lady messed up big time.

meum:

I’ve said it a couple of times in my previous posts.
Na PR expert work. If you don’t know forgerabourit.

It might interest you to know this same man fighting this woman demarketed other brands(without mentioning their names) on live TV. He said they add sugar/corn starch/additives while his brand is 100% pure tomatoes without additives. That was that period when he used to wear ankara suits to promote Naija. 2013/2014 or so. I can still those interviews because I watched them.

If you cannot explain yourself here, you have no point. What exactly should the PR have done?

luminouz:

You think I will Eriscos if she didn't say so? Check the comment section of her post and her reply to another na...

Dog will bite you this week for being rude to me... fishlips

She said it has too much sugar, and obviously too much sugar kills people, where did she explicitly say erisco product is killing people?

You know why I don't respond to your mentions, it's cos you are very mannerless

My last response to you.

Semaj77:


Why are you trying to smart by half , Erisco isn't taking her to court for criticising their sugar content but for alleging that their product is killing people , she should provide proof of such an erroneous claim or face the consequences.

Yes shes wrong and the punishment should carry same gravity as the offense, even people who are found to have made false rape allegations, dem treat them like this?, my point is this is case of a giant showing his power, when dem kill am, make them chop am, dem don kill her baby already...

Biglittlelois:



She said it has too much sugar, and obviously too much sugar kills people, where did she explicitly say erisco product is killing people?

You know why I don't respond to your mentions, it's cos you are very mannerless

My last response to you.

I don't care...dog will still bite you this week...fishlips

Have you ever tried building anything in your life from scratch until it grows to as big a level as you have Erisco foods? Then someone just crawled out from their hole to try and rubbish all your years of hardwork? If that happens to you and you are still asking the kind of question, then we will try and answer your questions.

Their are rights and limitations to every right in a democracy. She went overboard in excersising her freedom of expression by defaming the company. Then company decides to take it up and all the time she was in detention, it was a court remanding her. So cant understand how some of us say her detention was illegal.

Even here on Nairaland and social media, some talk recklessly and carelessly not minding the consequences. People like you will watch and clap for them. Then when they are asked to come and defend their positions, you whip up cheap sentiments.

Demayour:


But then, the question still remains.

If the woman is as powerful and influential, would she have been treated as such? Taking the person to court is one thing, locking up someone when they've not been declared guilty for a very long time is another thing.

Is thus how democracy works in the country we copy it from or aren't we practicing aristocracy in disguise?

namqul:
That lady is very wrong in everything.

Oh really? You need to travel to a sane country. They give people back REFUNDS and DISCOUNTS for negative reviews. That's what's called CUSTOMER SERVICE.

The charge and bail lawyers that decieved her thats him right?

Biglittlelois:
Where exactly is it in the law or constitution that explicitly states that public criticism of a product is illegal or attracts jail time?

Can only happen in a banana Republic where freedom of speech is not guaranteed.

Ignorance is truly bliss but not an excuse! Call Nigeria whatever but nowhere in the world would you make an unsubstantiated claim that a brand kills people and you would walk free! None! Except that brand doesn't have a reputation to protect.

Writing a review and making allegations without proof are two differ not things. Some of you think it is Nairaland where you can type any sentimental and tribalistic nonsense that floats your boat, naa, some people have built a reputation and they will protect it with all they've got. The BURDEN of proof is on her to show how many people Erisco Foods has killed. She go do census tire!

Anybody close to her should tell her to seek to settle this out of court because the Erisco boss doesn't seem to be playing with the court case.

WorkBank:



E no go better for you n your generation with this useless epistle.

You are a very unfortunate person for this comment.

Twit another chioma , just to proof something

Biglittlelois:


So if I taste a product that has too much sugar, and I say it on my page on Facebook, is that an accusation or criticism?

No but if you say it kills people it's definitely an accusation

anayolity:


You are a very unfortunate person for this comment.

Your generation will be unfortunate. Werey

Ayo25:
Have you ever tried building anything in your life from scratch until it grows to as big a level as you have Erisco foods? Then someone just crawled out from their hole to try and rubbish all your years of hardwork? If that happens to you and you are still asking the kind of question, then we will try and answer your questions.

Their are rights and limitations to every right in a democracy. She went overboard in excersising her freedom of expression by defaming the company. Then company decides to take it up and all the time she was in detention, it was a court remanding her. So cant understand how some of us say her detention was illegal.

Even here on Nairaland and social media, some talk recklessly and carelessly not minding the consequences. People like you will watch and clap for them. Then when they are asked to come and defend their positions, you whip up cheap sentiments.

It's funny how you have the gall to bring up sentiments when that's exactly what you did in your first paragraph. Do you think there is any business on earth that doesn't have negative reviews? Do you think any business is above criticism? Is Erisco God that cannot be blasphemed?

What do you this is?

Chioma didn't defame anything. Her comment that the product was "killing people" was simply an exaggeration and figure of speech. You guys know this but want to be mischievous and obtuse.

Travel to a working country. REFUNDS and DISCOUNTS are given for negative reviews. Nobody goes to prison.

Travel to an advanced country and experience sanity.

D

She'll not escape prison. Useless porous mouthed woman.

This kind of treatment awaits OBIdient criminals.

Crazy set of bulldogs.

TheDemola:


So you think the path the company is towing is what will now save it? What happens if the case ends up, not favoring to the company?

Leave sentiment
Ler her apologies simple
Someone bailed for 5 million will win a case?
She was just pardoned to pay that
Then it will be settled within