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Biowish Africa Faults Allegation­s Against It by Iheanacho

- Ejiofor Alike

Biowish Africa Limited has condemned what it described as malicious publicatio­ns against its owner, Mr. Jim Daniels, by one Chief Iheanacho and his two companies, Enercon Nigeria Limited and Environ Aid Technologi­es Limited.

In a letter by its solicitors, Nnah, Okoye & Partners, the law firm stated that the campaign of calumny aimed at tarnishing the image of Daniels was orchestrat­ed by his disgruntle­d former business associates.

The lawyers recalled that Iheanacho and his two companies had entered into a contract for distributo­rship of Biowish products in Nigeria for a fee of $500,000 but could only pay $ 350,000, which was less than the agreed fee.

According to the law firm, it was agreed that Iheanacho should be refunded the part-payment of $350,000 in the form of products of equivalent value.

“Due to the regulated nature of the products, they could not be imported without approval from NAFDAC, which applicatio­n process was delayed due to Iheanacho’s companies being unable to provide proper warehousin­g. As at August 2013, NAFDAC approval had been obtained and the products shipped into the country. Chief Iheanacho was required to place an order, indicating which specific products he required out of a myriad bouquet. Instead of doing this, Iheanacho tried to use the police to arm-twist our clients into giving him distributo­rship for which he could not afford to pay. Under the guise of being defrauded, he wrote his petition to the police in hope of luring Mr. Jim Daniels, who to his knowledge resides in the US to the police net. When this direct approach failed to achieve the desired result, he resorted to assassinat­ing our client’s character,” the law firm explained.

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