Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has tackled Erisco Foods Limited for arresting one of its customers, Chioma Blessing Edoka over her Facebook post.
The legal practitioner who said this in a tweet described the action Erisco management as irresponsible and lambasted the Nigerian Police Force for being used as a tool to harass Nigerians.
The lawyer said, “The management of @EriscoFoodsLtd acted viciously and irresponsibly by instigating the police to arrest and detain a customer for her negative review of their product.
“A customer expressed her view on your tomatoes product, you decided to deploy the police to arrest her in Lagos and had her transferred to Force Headquarters in Abuja.
“There are certain things that happen in this country that can only be attributed to insanity. If you disagree with her review, a simple public statement would have sufficed. They could have reached out to her to understand her view and explain their position. That would have earned the company and the brand more patronage.
“But no, some people felt that force has to be the answer. What a silly way to resolve a simple matter. Arrogance is the issue here. I hope that they learn a hard lesson from this case.
“The police has refused to reform itself. The way any charlatan in this country can easily weaponise the police is upsetting. They keep criminalizing civil disputes. We cannot continue like this.”
SaharaReporters earlier reported how Chioma was arrested by the company with the help of the Nigerian Police Force over her Facebook post on one of the food products manufactured by Erisco.
A long release at #Tech4Justice, operated by civic organisation, Citizens Gavel, on its verified X, Twitter page revealing more facts on the matter claimed that Chioma was arrested on the 24th of September, 2023.
