The director-general, Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Mrs Dupe Atoki, has written a petition to the Inspector General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, to thoroughly investigate a case
of threat to her life "by persons suspected to be in Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited and Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC)."
The letter referenced, "CPC/HQ/588/Vol.II, dated 11 November, 2014, requested the urgent intervention of the IGP regarding the threat case and urged him to exercise his authority and leadership to ensure that "the threat is not
carried out."
Atoki explained that in the exercise of the mandate of the Council, following complaints of
defective products of Coca Cola bottled by the Nigeria Bottling Company, the CPC investigated
one of such complaints in respect of two half-filled cans of sprite and substantiated the
allegation of product defect and violation of CPC Act, based on which several recommendations
were made "and orders thereto issued to Coca Cola."
The orders are that: the two companies subject their manufacturing process to the Council over a period of 12 months, formulate a shelf life
policy to facilitate removal of their expired products from the market, review their traceability policy to make it easier for the
companies to track their products and payment of cost of investigation and compensation to the aggrieved party.
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