Court Remands Businessman in Prison for Allegedly Forging SON Logo

Justice Saliu Saidu of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has remanded a businessman, Nonso Udoye of Agastorm Limited, for allegedly cloning the logo of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), in a bid to perpetrate fraud.

Udoye, who was arraigned on 15 counts of forgery and counterfeiting of SON production registration logo, was remanded in prison pending the hearing of his bail application. He however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

According to the Prosecution counsel, Mrs. Amaka Allen-Ngbale, the Defendant committed the offence at a warehouse on 219, Borno Way, Ebute Metta, Lagos, and that SON officials discovered the warehouse on January 19, 2018.

The alleged offence, contravenes provisions of the SON Act of 2015 and Criminal Code Act of 2004.

Justice Saidu adjourned matter till March 23 for trial.

The charge sheet read in part “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 forge a counterfeit production registration seal or mark of the Standard Organisation 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 forge a counterfeit production registration seal or mark of the Standard Organisation 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-Metta, 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 Organisation 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-Metta, 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.