The Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) has closed the Chiffy Supermarket at No. 3, Oduduwa Crescent Government Reserved Areas, Ikeja, for selling expired toothpaste and other household goods.
Afolabi Solebo, general manager of LASCOPA, stated that the agency responded to a social media post by a consumer.
On Tuesday, the agency announced this in a statement posted to the state’s Instagram page.
The statement read, “The Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency has today sealed the Chiffy Supermarket at 3 Oduduwa Crescent GRA in Ikeja for selling expired toothpaste and other household products.”
Earlier on Sunday, the General Manager of LASCOPA, Afolabi Solebo, Esq., visited the supermarket after receiving a tip from a consumer’s Facebook post alerting the Agency and the general public to the sale of expired products at Chiffy Supermarket in GRA Ikeja.”
Upon arrival at the supermarket, Solebo disclosed that the toothpaste and other products found in the store had no price tags and were all expired.
The LASCOPA General Manager added that the dates found on them were discovered to have expired in August 2022, November 2022, and January 2023 but were being sold to unsuspecting members of the public.
He said, in line with the THEMES Agenda of Mr Governor, such an act would not be tolerated in Lagos State, while he disclosed that the matter is already before a court of competent jurisdiction for prosecution.
Solebo who reiterated LASCOPA’s mandate of protecting the interest of consumers against expired, hazardous and substandard products, said that the supermarket would remain shut and placed under surveillance, while samples of the Products confiscated would be destroyed by the relevant Government Agency.
He further stressed that the era of cheating and short-changing consumers in Lagos was over.
Solebo urged members of the public to always speak out if they find a such an act that negates consumers’ safety or visit the Agency’s Head office located at 2b, Soji Adepegba Close, Off Allen Avenue, Ikeja, or any of its Annex offices at Badagry Local Government Secretariat, Bariga LCDA Secretariat, Ikoyi-Obalende LCDA Secretariat, and Ikorodu Local Government Secretariat, call 08092509777, 08124993895 and 09064323154.
