Transcript MISSION REPORT 1

LAGOS MISSION
Presented to:
Nicolas Boutinot & JF Krauser
Paris, France.
Presented by:
SAMSON BABATUNDE ILESANMI
El-Yah-Agla Nigeria LTD
January 26, 2012
http://eynl.yolasite.com
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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Between December 24, 2011 & January 2, 2012, a pre-investigation market
performance survey on Moet & Chandon Necta Imperial Rose was carried out by my
team in all the markets in the capital cities of all the 36 states and the Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja, Nigeria;
By Tuesday January 17, 2012, formal investigation started in Lagos;
By Thursday January, 2012, formal investigation ended in Lagos.
FINDINGS:
The pre-investigation market performance survey on Moet & Chandon Necta Imperial
Rose revealed that the Champaign was the MOST demanded Champaign by
Nigerians between December 24, 2011 & January 2, 2012;
Investigation conducted between January 17 & 26, 2012 revealed that: (i) several
varieties of the Champaign which have different bottle markings / stamp & label
wrappings were displayed & sold in major Lagos wine market shops & clubs; (ii)
Freixenet (Cordon Rosado) is used for the production of counterfeit Moet & Chandon
Necta Imperial Rose; (iii) The official importer of three Freixenet brands, (including
Freixenet (Cordon Rosado) from Spain is Chief (Bishop) Emmanuel Okonkwo, the
Okpuruisi 1 of Ibo land, CEO of Ekulo Group of Companies; (iv) Stamps & Labels of
Moet & Chandon Necta Imperial Rose are printed in China; (v) Counterfeiting of Moet
& Chandon Necta Imperial Rose goes on actively in hidden locations in Eastern
Nigeria & Benin Republic.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SN ITEM
PAGE NUMBER
1 Executive Summary
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2 Target
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3 Goal
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4 Objective
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5 Findings
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6 Suggestions
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7 Conclusion
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8 Investigator’s Contact
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TARGET
• Counterfeit MOET et CHANDON Nectar
Impérial Rosé
GOAL OF THE INVESTIGATIONS
• Open Market (places where counterfeit
MOET et CHANDON Nectar Impérial
Rosé are sold).
OBJECTIVE OF THE
INVESTIGATIONS
• To identify the importer of counterfeit
Moet & Chandon Necta Imperial Rose /
Freixenet (Cordon Rosado) from Spain
and to understand the supplying chain.
FINDINGS
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The pre-investigation market performance survey on Moet & Chandon
Necta Imperial Rose revealed that the Champaign was the MOST
demanded Champaign by Nigerians between December 24, 2011 &
January 2, 2012;
Investigation conducted between January 17 & 26, 2012 revealed that: (i)
several varieties of the Champaign which have different bottle markings /
stamp & label wrappings were displayed for sale in major Lagos wine
market shops & clubs; (ii) Freixenet (Cordon Rosado) is used for the
production of counterfeit Moet & Chandon Necta Imperial Rose is
counterfeited; (iii) The official importer of three Freixenet brands, (including
Freixenet (Cordon Rosado) from Spain is Chief (Bishop) Emmanuel
Okonkwo, the Okpuruisi 1 of Ibo land, CEO of Ekulo Group of Companies;
(iv) Stamps & Labels of Moet & Chandon Necta Imperial Rose are printed in
China; (v) Counterfeiting of Moet & Chandon Necta Imperial Rose goes on
actively in hidden locations in Eastern Nigeria & Benin Republic;
Most counterfeit wines & other products enter Nigeria from the Cotonou port
& are stored at the Lagos Trade Fair Complex store/warehouse;
FINDINGS CONTINUED
Contacts of Ekulo Group of Company are:
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HEAD OFFICE (Where Chief Emmanuel (Bishop) Okonkwo is located)
Plot 1401B, Tiamiyu Savage Street, Victoria Island, Lagos,
Tel: +234-1-4610580; Fax: +234-1-4631438 & 4613117,
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
URL: www.ekulogroup.com
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EKULO WINE WORLD
Plot 1393, Tiamiyu Savage Street, Victoria Island, Lagos
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HEAD SALES & MARKETING
Mr. Kelvin Okechukwu (GSM: +234-80-33030181
E-mail: [email protected]
FINDINGS CONTINUED
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Some other Nigerians import wine from Spain such as:
1. Igwemadu C .Venatus. (Presently in Spain)
C.E.O SO-GONE INTER LTD
tel.+2347082888476 .+34603317081; +34603317081
Block 10/46 Agric mkt Odun Ade Coker Traid Fair office B 28 Ondo Plaza, Balogun Trade Fair Lagos email:
[email protected] ; (HAS BEEN IMPORTING WINE FROM SPAIN SINCE 2008);
2. UK Harry Nigeria Limited
NNB Plaza, Niger 1, House Number 3 BBA, International Trade Fair Complex, Lagos, Tel: +234-80-33484593;
+234-8025527727;
3. Uchenna (Presently in Spain)
CEO of Waterstone Global Resources Ltd
B086 & B07, 1st Floor
Kaduna 2 Plaza,
International Trade Fair Complex
Badagry Expressway
Lagos
4. Theophilus I. K. Arone
+234-80-33177474
Chairman, Managing Director
Tesch Nigeria Limited
Shop 032 Block A
International Trade Fair Complex
Badagry Expressway
Lagos.
FINDINGS CONTINUED
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OTHER WINE SHOPS
Champagne and Cigar
House 12
3 Omole Estate
Lola Holloway Street
Omole Ikeja
Lagos.
(+234) 08182892018;
Browns Café
VICTORIA ISLAND
16B Akin Olugbade Street
+234-1-272606/08 or +234-1-7612137
E-mail: [email protected]
IKEJA GRA
15b Sasegbon Street
Entrance on Oduduwa Crescent
+234-1-76-60479 or +2347098008548
Fax: +234-1-2702607
www.browns-cafe.com
FINDINGS CONTINUED
• Next International Nigeria Limited
• Address:
• 7,Aerodrome Road , Off Wharf Road, Behind Eleganza
Plaza, Apapa , Apapa, Lagos
• Contact Persons:
• Mr. Lanre Alegbeleye, Mr. Vishal Manwani
• Mobile / Tel No.:
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Email:
• [email protected] [email protected]
• Website: http://www.nextintl.net
FINDINGS CONTINUED
• Exclusive Wine Shop
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• 15,Abiodun Jagun Street , Ogba , Ikeja,
Lagos
• Contact Person:
• Mr. Anthonia
• [email protected]
FINDINGS CONTINUED
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Millennium Wine Company
Address:
95,Awolowo Road , By Tettrazini, ikoyi , Eti Osa, Lagos
Contact Person:
Ms. Blessing
[email protected]
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Top Wine Limited
Address:
34D,Awolowo Road , Ikoyi , Eti Osa, Lagos , POBox 50948, Falomo
Mobile / Tel No.:
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
http://www.topwineltd.com
FINDINGS CONTINUED
• LAGOS WINE MARKETS
• Some of the shops at the Isa Williams Street wine market, Lagos
Island (Mainly Wholesalers & Importers);
• Several wine retail stands at Apongbon, along Broad Street, Lagos
Island;
• Several wine Shops within (i) Niger 1 Plaza; (ii) Bayelsa Plaza; (iii)
Imo Plaza & (iv) Kaduna 2 Plaza at the Trade Fair Complex located
along Badagry Expressway, Lagos;
• Several wine shops at the Awolowo Market at Mushin Oloosa,
Lagos;
• Other markets fewer shops selling wine are: (i) Alaba International
Market; (ii) Iyana Iba Market; (iii) Oshodi Market: Mile 2 Market; Orile
Market; Apapa Market; Ikeja Market; Allen Avenue Market and
Ikotun Market;
• MAJOR SUPERMARKET WHERE WINES ARE SOLD
• Shopright, opposite Elephant Cement, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos;
FINDINGS CONTINUED
• OTHER WINE SHOPS &
• LARGE WINE WHARE HOUSES CAN BE FOUND AT:
• (i) 1st floor stores of Kaduna2, Niger 1, Bayelsa, Ondo & other
unidentified Plazas at the Trade Fair Complex, Badagry Express
Road, Lagos;
• (ii) Yet to be identified warehouses at Apapa, Lagos;
• (iii) Yet to be identified warehouse on Balogun & Isa Williams streets
on Lagos Island;
• (iv) Several yet to be identified secret warehouses owned by wine
importers spread all over Lagos;
• (v) Ekulo Wine World, owned by Chief Emmanuel (Bishop)
Okonkwo operates a very large warehouse along, ACME Road,
Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos;
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MAIN CLUBS WHERE WINES ARE SOLD AT VICTORIA ISLAND & IKOYI:
Deuces Club located at 19, Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos;
No 10 Restaurant located at number 10, Saka Tinubu Street, Victoria Island, Lagos;
Picolomando Club located along Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island, Lagos;
Lacasa Club located on Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island, Lagos;
Demake Club located along Idowu Martins Street, Victoria Island, Lagos;
Radisa Blu, located on Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island, Lagos;
The Lagoon Restaurant located on Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island, Lagos;
Groto, located on Etin Nyang Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos;
Why Noy Club located off Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island, Lagos;
Movida Club, located on Idowu Taylor Street, Victoria Island, Lagos;
Federal Palace Hotel Bar located on Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos;
Eko Hotel Bar, Ikoyi, Lagos;
Rehabilitaion Club, located opposite Eko Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos,
Ikoyi Club, Ikoyi, Lagos.
SUGGESTIONS
• There is a need to investigate the wine markets in Cotonou, Benin
Republic;
• There is a need for further investigations at Aba, Abia state, Nigeria
& Onitsha, Anambra state, Nigeria where Ekulo Group of
Companies also active operate from, because these cities are very
famous in the counterfeiting of foreign products which have large
demand;
• There is a need to investigate the exact printer & importers of
counterfeit stamps & labels of Moet & Chandon Necta Imperial Rose
in China;
• There is a need for further investigations of the Murtala Mohammed
International Airport in Lagos where counterfeit Moet & Chandon
Necta Imperial Rose stamps & labels enter Nigeria from China;
• There is a need to investigate the activities of importers of wines into
Nigeria in Spain.
CONCLUSION
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Moet & Chandon Necta Imperial Rose is MOST demanded Champaign in Nigeria;
This mission has confirmed that Moet & Chandon Necta Imperial Rose is
counterfeited with Freixenet, a relatively cheap Spanish wine of the same colour, but
or poor quality;
Several varieties of the Champaign which have different bottle markings / stamp &
label wrappings were displayed for sale in major Lagos wine market shops & clubs;
Freixenet (Cordon Rosado) is used for the production of counterfeit Moet & Chandon
Necta Imperial Rose; The official importer of three Freixenet brands, (including
Freixenet (Cordon Rosado) from Spain is Chief (Bishop) Emmanuel Okonkwo, the
Okpuruisi 1 of Ibo land, CEO of Ekulo Group of Companies; Stamps & Labels of Moet
& Chandon Necta Imperial Rose are printed in China; Counterfeiting of Moet &
Chandon Necta Imperial Rose goes on actively in hidden locations in Eastern Nigeria
& Benin Republic; Most counterfeit wines & other products enter Nigeria from the
Cotonou port & are stored at the Lagos Trade Fair Complex store/warehouse;
There is a need to confirm these findings through further investigations that will
confirm the exact identities of the counterfeiters of Moet & Chandon Necta Imperial
Rose with Freixenet.
INVESTIGATOR’S CONTACTS
Mr. Samson Babatunde Ilesanmi,
El-Yah-Agla Nigeria Limited,
Suite 177, Lagos Road, Sawmill, ILORIN,
Kwara State, Nigeria,
GSM: +234-70-60451145; +234-8053666185,
E-mail: [email protected]
http://eynl.yolasite.com