The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, has arrested a 26-year-old suspect allegedly responsible for the production and distribution of adulterated engine oil across Nigeria.
DSP Gbenga Afolayan, the command’s spokesperson, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Saturday, explaining that the case stemmed from a written petition to the office of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of the command, Mr. Adegoke Fayoade. The petition alleged the illegal adulteration of a specific engine oil brand.
“The matter was promptly referred to the Zonal Anti-Piracy Unit for discreet investigation,” Afolayan said. “A team of detectives from the unit apprehended the suspect, who confessed to masterminding the production and importation of adulterated engine oil products from China before distributing them across multiple states.”
Following intelligence-led raids, operatives recovered 280 gallons of the adulterated oil from various locations in Imo, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, and Ogun states.
The spokesperson stated that the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) confirmed the seized products failed to meet Nigerian Industrial Standards, corroborating the allegations against the suspect.
Afolayan added that AIG Fayoade has reaffirmed the command’s commitment to protecting consumers, safeguarding legitimate businesses, and ensuring that perpetrators of economic crimes face the full weight of the law.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
