SON Arraigns Traders For Allegedly Counterfeiting Hair Attachment

The Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) on Wednesday arraigned two traders, Ike Afam and Onyechi Steve, before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly conspiring and counterfeiting X-pression hair attachments.

The two men were arraigned before Justice Friday Ogazi on allegations of repackaging, dealing and possession of the said counterfeit hair attachment.

The prosecutor, Yusuf Lawan, told the court that the defendants, who are traders at Balogun Market on Lagos Island, were arrested with the counterfeited ‘Rich Braid’, a brand of X-pression hair attachment, at the market on December 2, 2022.

Yusuf, an Assistant Chief State Counsel in the Federal Ministry of Justice, informed the court that the two businessmen imprinted a ‘false’ trademark to X-pression hair attachment (Rich Braid) to the counterfeited hair attachment.

The prosecutor, Yusuf Lawan, told the court that the defendants, who are traders at Balogun Market on Lagos Island, were arrested with the counterfeited ‘Rich Braid’, a brand of X-pression hair attachment, at the market on December 2, 2022.

Yusuf, an Assistant Chief State Counsel in the Federal Ministry of Justice, informed the court that the two businessmen imprinted a ‘false’ trademark to X-pression hair attachment (Rich Braid) to the counterfeited hair attachment.

He insisted that their action was calculated to deceive the buyers that the products were genuine X-pression hair attachments.

The prosecutor further claimed that the illegal acts of the defendants were misleading or likely to create a wrong impression as to the character and composition of the X-pression hair attachment.