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JUST IN: SON Warns Auto Dealers Against Cloning Successful Brands
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has warned manufacturers and dealers in the country’s automotive industry to desist from cloning successful vehicles brands in order to make quick gains, and depriving the trade mark owners of their benefits.
Mallam Farouk Salim, the Director- General, SON, gave the warning during a parley with the Auto Spare Parts and Machineries Dealers Association (ASPAMDA), in Lagos.
“We all must ensure that only products that comply with laid down Nigeria Industrial Standards are available for sale in this market,” he said.
He said that the the SON Act 2015 empowers the agency to arrest and prosecute offenders, stressing that it would step up its ante to make it impossible for fakers to thrive.
He noted that SON has been working in every sector to bring sanity and raise the confidence of manufacturers, importers and consumers, maintaining standards are improved and reviewed regularly to meet up with current realities.
“SON will continue to seek greater collaboration with private sector, especially the ASPAMDA, to sanitize the market, expose and prosecute those engaging in illegal activities such as relabeling and cloning of popular brands with low quality varieties,” he said.
He noted that just like other big markets across the country, ASPAMDA has become a household name, adding that the Standards body acknowledges the importance of the market and would continuously seek out ways to collaborate and carry along all the stakeholders of the very vital market in the business of standardisation.
” We need your continuous support to discharge our mandate of ensuring that only products and services that are of high standard and quality are in circulation. We need to involve all of you towards ensuring strict adherence to the requirements of applicable standards in line with international best practices,” he said.
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Dangote Petroleum Refinery has strongly rejected allegations that its refined petroleum products are exported to Lomé, Togo, and later re-imported into Nigeria.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the refinery described the claims as “a web of falsehoods,” “baseless,” and “unsubstantiated,” arguing they lack commercial logic and contradict its core business objectives of boosting local production and achieving energy self-sufficiency.
The refinery emphasized that its sales contracts and tender terms explicitly prohibit buyers from reselling or re-importing the products back into Nigeria. It further noted that available trade data and the high costs of round-trip shipping (estimated at US$68–90 per ton) make such a scheme economically unviable.
The allegations surfaced amid reports suggesting that a significant portion of Nigeria’s seaborne fuel imports between March and May 2026 originated from Dangote products rerouted through the offshore ship-to-ship trading hub in Lomé.
Some marketers claimed pricing differences made it cheaper to buy from foreign traders via Togo.
Dangote Refinery dismissed these assertions, insisting there is no evidence to support them and reaffirming its commitment to supplying high-quality fuels directly to the Nigerian market at competitive prices.
The development highlights ongoing tensions as the refinery continues to reduce Nigeria’s reliance on fuel imports.
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