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Bata Company high profile crimes: EFCC, SEC and ICAN, please note

November 12, 2009

Image removed.Since the reporting of the above-referenced case on behalf of the Bata Workers Cooperative Ltd, our phone line has been inundated with calls from stakeholders wanting to get an official response from the company now called FAMAD PLC.


We have decided to respond to this popular request by providing the additional information below to the above-referenced agencies and indeed all concerned stakeholders.

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To all those who expressed anxiety over the refusal of Chief (Mrs.) Olakunri to either pick their calls or respond to their questions I’ll suggest that you either send questionnaires to her by e-mail on the matter: [email protected] or visit her corporate offices- Executive Nominees Ltd, 64B Raymond Njoku Street, S.W. Ikoyi Lagos.

ALTERNATIVELY AND BETTER STILL READERS CAN DIRECT THEIR ENQUIRIES TO THE NEWLY APPOINTED CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER WHO WAS UNTIL RECENTLY AN ALTERNATE DIRECTOR AND CHAIRMAN OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD TO LOOK IN TO THE PETITION WRITTEN BY A STAFF OF THE ORGANISATION.

NAME: ALHAJI M.K. HARUNA. TEL: 08023331178. YOU MAY ALSO REACH HIM BY E-MAIL AT: [email protected] . Or [email protected], which is the official company e-mail.

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It is now a matter of public record that the committee set up by the B.O.D. had completed its assignment of finding out the truth to the alleged crimes of assets stripping, money laundering/money washing and stealing labelled against the management of the company.

Alhaji Haruna and Engr. (Mrs.) Mayen Adetiba were the Chairman and member of the committee respectively. The company secretary was also the Secretary of the committee. This committee has substantiated all the allegations above and has uncovered even greater crimes committed by the same people. They have evidently sacked all the managers involved and handed them over to the EFCC for further investigations as is evidenced by the acknowledged copy of a letter to the EFCC in our possession.

However there are certain discrepancies in the operations of the committee that shows a glaring case of grand cover up of Chief (Mrs.) Olakunri’s culpability in the whole matter. In return for becoming the new C.E.O. Alhaji Haruna together with other members of the committee agreed to cover up the role that Chief ( Mrs.) Olakunri has played and in fact continues to play in the stripping of company assets, Money laundering/ money washing and a severe case of corporate manslaughter amongst other crimes.

The Alhaji has also chosen to join the Chairman in a personal vendetta against the whistle blower whose singular effort led to the uncovering and exposure of these crimes. In direct violation of contractual obligation undertaken by the B.O.D. to pay all the emoluments due to the manager who wrote the petition for the duration of the investigation, Alhaji Haruna as the new C.E.O. has refused to comply even though he has a signed letter by the board affirming the fact. Find below an e-mailed protest to the members of the board that has not been addressed to date:

 

22nd September 2009

The Members of the Board

FAMAD PLC (DE-LISTED)

KLM 15 IKORODU ROAD

OJOTA

 

LAGOS

ATTN: ALHAJI KABIRU HARUNA

 

Dear Sir,

RE: YOUR TERMINATION LETTER DATED 8TH SEPTEMBER 2009 AND SENT BY E-MAIL ON THE 16TH OF SEPTEMBER 2009.

Let me start by congratulating you over your recent elevation to the position of acting C.E.O. of FAMAD PLC.

I can assure you that the task ahead of you is quite daunting and I do not envy you at all.

You can only excel in your assignment if you choose the path of truth, fairness and justice. Otherwise you may sooner than later discover that musical chairs is a dangerous game that several of your predecessors have discovered at the moment of their downfall.

Be that as it may, permit me at this juncture to formally acknowledge the receipt of your above mentioned letter. It was sent to me by e-mail via Mr. Paul Abegunde, the company secretary who also doubled as the Secretary to the Disciplinary committee you recently headed as chairman.

I am addressing this letter to you because your name appears as the signatory of the above-referenced letter although you neither stated your name nor designation. The only reference to its source is the title of member of the board. That is also the only indication that the letter bears the stamp and authority of the board of directors of the company.

I deliberately restrained myself from sending you an immediate reply because I sincerely thought it was a genuine mistake on either your part or the company secretary’s, most especially since I am aware you have recently signed similarly worded letters to certain ex-employees who happened to have successfully carted away large amounts of our company’s resources through outright theft and fraud.

Having waited in vain for about a week to see whether you will realise your mistake and retract this obnoxious letter, I am constrained to reply you as follows:

1.      Your 3-paragraph letter started by advising me that my services with the company were no longer required with effect from the 8th of September 2009.

I recall clearly two previous attempts to terminate the same appointment using Dr. Orere, your predecessor in that office as proxy did not achieve the desired result simply because they did not follow due process and lacked transparency.

It is necessary to remind you that my services with the company were suspended on the 29th of August 2008 as a punitive measure adopted by the chairman of the board who wrote to me advising me to stay away from my place of legitimate employment simply because I petitioned the board of directors concerning the fraudulent activities of Dr. Orere and some key managers of the company.

It is on record that I have not been allowed to step in to the premises of the company since then!

It is therefore preposterous that I should be informed at this late hour (precisely one whole year after suspending me without any justification as it is by now very glaring to all) that my services were no longer required without any reference to the outcome of your investigation of the matter that lead to my suspension in the first place.

It is even more pathetic to note that while the acquiescing board looked the other way, the very persons that were reportedly looting the organisation were left at their duty posts for one whole year to continue their nefarious activities and finish what they had started.

The snail pace with which your committee moved smirked of compromise and cover up even to a novice.

Now with hindsight it is glaring that the committee was deliberately foot dragging so that the real culprits can cover up their tracks and seek even more ingenious ways to perfect the art of thievery and plagiarisation of vital company assets. In fact while the committee went comatose, the gadfly of FAMAD PLC a.k.a Mr. Ola Faromoju was busy working out juicier deals for himself and his proxies. (See the attached letter of offer from Faromoju to MTN as just one of several proofs in my possession). This and many other deals that have further deepened the financial impoverishment of the company have since gone down the drain thanks to the inaction of the board.

 FAMAD PLC has now earned the title of the citadel of corruption and immorality where the innocent are declared guilty and the rogues smile everyday to the bank with their loot!

2.      In your second paragraph you directed me to hand over to my immediate subordinate without mentioning any name or designation as is the norm in such situations. I also wonder what was there to handover after a one year enforced sabbatical within which the board had not only reneged on its signed undertaking to pay my salary and emoluments as  and when due but has also betrayed its rabid desire to prolong my suffering and agony with great relish. You have also been adequately informed of the Gestapo-style expulsion of my humble self masterminded by no less a person than Chief (Mrs) Olakunri and Dr. Orere without being allowed to pick any of my  personal possessions that are located in my office.

In fact on the very day you made your debut as an alternate director to Amb. Wali I came to the premises of the company hoping to address the directors during your meeting of that day only to be physically restrained by Chief (Mrs.) Olakunri ably assisted by the Chief Security Officer and his lieutenants. Needless to say if I had been allowed to give evidence that very day you may not have had to waste a whole year investigating a matter with such an overwhelming amount of evidence.

I’d like to remind you that all my possessions left behind and securely locked in my office were reportedly ransacked through the collaboration and complacency of the management and board of directors of the company and are still very much in your possession!

I am sure we will soon ascertain who between me and the company has anything to hand over.

3.  Your third and final paragraph is perhaps even more perplexing for therein you advised the accounts department to work out my entitlements if any after I have satisfactorily handed over to an unspecified, unknown recipient my handover notes!

I could not sincerely believe that you, Alhaji M.K. Haruna, the very person that appealed to me to make a presentation to the Disciplinary committee could actually feign not to be aware of my unpaid salary and allowances which till this day are still maliciously being withheld by the board in order to inflict maximum damage to me and my family members’ welfare! I recall clearly that you asked for and received my submission to the committee in which I stated all my outstanding payments at your request promising to intervene immediately without ever so doing. The deliberate and malicious withholding of my salary and entitlements was and remains a contraption masterminded by you and your committee members who while pretending to be fair and impartial arbiters were desperately seeking ways to make life unbearable for me and my dependents while allowing the very criminals I exposed to draw their salaries and self-awarded perks often in advance as has notably been the case with Mr. O.F. Faromoju. You in particular have expressed your aversion to my receiving my just recompense since you appeared at the board as alternate director. Your aim seems to be never to allow Yusuf to enjoy the reward of his hard earned labour. I have deeply searched for a reason for this rabid anti-Yusuf campaign by you but could not find a legitimate reason. The only probable cause I could find must have to do with the necessity to curry favour from your sponsors as well as eliminate any likely competitor to the chair you seem to covet so much!

I believe it is high time you exhibited justice and fairness in the matter concerning my position with the company and its board and management. This great responsibility that is placed upon you is going to show to all objective observers where you stand on the issue of integrity, due process and fairness.

You, as the chairman of the disciplinary committee appointed by the board of directors to investigate the allegations enumerated in my petition against Dr. Orere and his collaborators, duly invited me to make representations to the committee and after several attempts that were frustrated by the culprits, I appeared before you in May 2009 and gave you a bound copy of the relevant material you requested from me so that you may as you said in your own words be able to bring out the truth.

You have since compiled your report and submitted same to the board for deliberations. The board has agreed to take appropriate actions based on your findings and submissions. Yet you have not considered it fair to inform me formally of the outcome of that submission. You rather seem to have endorsed the chairman’s obsession to get rid of Yusuf at all cost!  The proverbial throwing away of the child with the birth water is apparently what is happening here.

At a time when you should be formally informing me of your committee’s findings on my petition and if found justified immediately call me back to my duty post you unfortunately seem to have reversed justice upon its head by endorsing a strange letter of termination of my appointment! I wonder what you are trying to cover up. Perhaps getting rid of Yusuf is part of the deal for your recent elevation?!

At a time when you should mandate the accounts department to pay post haste ALL MY OVERDUE AND MALICIOUSLY WITHHELD ENTITLEMENTS FOR THE LAST ONE YEAR, YOU PREFER TO CONTINUE AND WITH IMPUNITY DEEPEN MY SUFFERING AND MY PAIN FOR STANDING FOR THE TRUTH!

Dear Alhaji and by extension the rest members of the disciplinary committee and the board, I strongly advise you to take immediate steps to redress what you seem to be complicit in doing--joining hands with Dr. Orere and Chief (Mrs.) Olakunri to punish, malign and crucify Yusuf at all cost and thereby successfully turn the truth upon its head. Do not think that by getting rid of Yusuf, you can purge your conscience. Only confronting truth squarely on the face can do that!

 I am a witness to brazen and flagrant distortions of the truth on virtually every aspect of the company’s operations. Managers after managers have taken turns in systematically raping and looting the company at the expense of the stakeholders.

It would be very unfortunate in the extreme if you compromise justice and fairness at the expense of being politically correct by joining others to hate anything Yusuf.

I want you to be rest assured that the very God that has seen me through the worst part of this brazen oppression of man by his fellow men will also strengthen me to overcome this latest challenge!

It is not too late for redress. This matter can easily be resolved if you take the following steps within the next one week from today:

1.      Officially furnish me with a copy of the committee’s report where it has either substantiated or not the allegations I enumerated to the board in my various petitions against the management of Dr. Orere and company;

2.      If my allegations have been substantiated in full or in part, then you should:

a)      prepare an official letter of reinstatement to my substantive position held with the company and

b)       Unconditionally order the immediate remittance into my salary account of all my withheld salary and emoluments dating back to May 2008;

3.      If my allegations have been found to be baseless I should immediately be arraigned before any court of your choice to answer for libel and defamation of character as Dr. Orere and Chief (Mrs.) Olakunri once threatened to do.

I regret to announce with all the seriousness a matter of this nature demands that failure to comply with the above conditions for resolving this matter will result in my taking every legitimate step to seek redress from the appropriate quarters.

In conclusion I wish to categorically state here that any further attempt by you Alhaji M.K. Haruna or any other member of the board to intimidate, harass or withhold my long overdue entitlements from me can only result in consequences that will to say the least be very unpalatable.

No matter how much or for how long an ostrich may choose to bury its head in the sand while its behind remains exposed a time comes when it must face the reality of exposure.

Multitudes that have laboured for decades to build the company and whose entitlements are still being withheld from them are willing to join me in fighting for their just deserts. Not only that even the spirit of the many retirees who have been allowed to die without being paid their entitlements will definitely come knocking at your doors.

I leave you to reflect on the following words from the book of life:

“FOLLY IS JOY TO HIM WHO IS DESTITUTE OF DISCERNMENT BUT A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING WALKS UPRIGHTLY. THE LORD WILL DESTROY THE HOUSE OF THE PROUD BUT HE WILL ESTABLISH THE BOUNDARY OF THE WIDOW.

The wicked watches the righteous anD seeketh to slay him. The Lord will not leave him in his hand nor condemn him when he is judged….And the Lord shall help the righteous and deliver them: He shall deliver them from the wicked and save them because they trust in Him.”

Yours-for-justice

Yusuf, M.A.

POST SCRIPT

The members of the Board have resorted to all manner of evasive actions displaying their incapacity to force their Chairman to do the right thing. In their characteristic manner they have neither responded to the demands nor taken any further steps to enshrine due process.

OUR PRAYERS TO THE REGULATORY AGENCIES:

1.      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION:

As the regulator of public companies quoted at the stock exchange you owe the shareholders and other stakeholders of the company the following duties and obligations;

-Immediately summon the B.O.D. headed by Chief (Mrs.) Olakunri to present the accounts audited by Messrs. Akintola Williams & Deloitte for the years 2001-2007 as our external auditors;

-ascertain the reasons why the accounts were not published or at least submitted to the SEC when it was demanded vide a letter dated 25th April 2008 from them and signed by Alhaji L.S. Stores. Chief Olakunri should also explain why she declared falsely that there was any collapse of the accounting software as the reason why the accounts were not ready.

-explain why there was a meteoric rise in the price of the company’s shares without any publication of the company’s annual reports and accounts for the last seven years contrary to the regulation stipulating a quarterly submission of results. In this direction the shareholders and all concerned stakeholders should be told the reason why the shares that were being sold for N00.30k in January 2007 began a sharp ride upwards until they peaked at N11-N12 in February 2008.The prices subsequently plunged to N6.67k by April 16th 2008!

AND ALL THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT THE PUBLIC HAVING ANY FUNDAMENTAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMPANY SINCE ITS LAST AGM IN 1999! SEC needs to find out who or what triggered these dealings when the company has been selling off its major assets and not disclosing accounts for close to a decade?;

In a company where one family has laid claim of well over 50% of the shares is it possible for the price movements to occur without that individual’s participation?

Who were the sellers and buyers of the shares in the last 18months?

Which are the stock broking firms involved in these manipulated trading of our company’s shares?

To what extent has the majority shareholder benefited from the price movements?

These and many other atrocities can be unravelled if the in-coming D-G of the SEC Mrs. Ekinneh exercises the moral courage and the tenacity of purpose needed in a regulator of her reputation. We believe that a proper and well conducted investigation into the affairs of our company will lead to the exposure of other crimes mooted in the company which include money laundering and washing.

 OUR PROTEST IS PREDICATED ON THE PLIGHT OF SEVERAL INVESTORS ESPECIALLY OUR NUMEROUS RETIREES WHO ARE ALSO SHAREHOLDERS. SOME OF THEM SPENT ALL THEIR WORKING LIFE SPAN IN BATA AND ALSO INVESTED THEIR LIFE SAVINGS IN BATA SHARES AS LIFE SUSTAINING INVESTMENT AT OLD AGE. ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE IGNORED AND THE FRUITS OF THEIR SEVERAL YEARS TOIL HAVE BEEN USED TO REHABILITATE THE CHAIRMAN’S RELATIONS AND FRIENDS.

LET IT ALSO BE KNOWN BY SEC THAT THE DEATH OF BATA/FAMAD WILL HERALD AND COMPLETE THE GRADUAL BUT SURE DEMISE OF THE LEATHER INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA. MANY KEEN OBSERVERS WILL BE QUICK TO POINT OUT THAT THE LEATHER INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA BECAME SICK WHEN BATA WAS STAMPEDED TO PULL OUT OF NIGERIA.THE COMPANY THEY LEFT BEHIND BECAME CRITICALLY ILL WHEN IT FELL INTO A CONTRAPTION DESIGNED BY CHIEF MRS. OLAKUNRI TO TAKE IT OVER AND THEN KILL IT SO THAT IT MAY BECOME HER PRIVATE COMPANY.

THIS IS WHY SEC HAS TO PLAY THE KEY ROLE IN THE RECOVERY OF THIS IMPORTANT NATIONAL ASSET. ANY MISSTATEMENT THAT WILL ERODE THE CONFIDENCE OF THE INVESTING PUBLIC IN SECURITIES AND CAPITAL MARKET IS NOTHING BUT ECONOMIC SABOTAGE AND MUST BE DISCOURAGED.

In fairness to the only director that has made his position to the board transparent, I herein attach a copy of Sir Chima, the Vice Chairman’s protest to the auditors and the SEC which was forwarded to SEC electronically late in 2008: :

 

"secabuja" "seckano" , "seclagos" , "secport"

Dear Sirs,

I am forwarding a copy of the e-mail sent by the Vice Chairman and Director of FAMAD PLC to Messrs. Akintola Williams & Deloitte as our External Auditors. You can verify the authenticity of this document from the author himself. You may wish to also confirm from the Auditors themselves whether they are in receipt of such a document and the actions they have taken since then.

As a member of the management team of the company as well as a shareholder of the company I represent the voice of the poor majority who have been short-changed for so many years by the controllers of the company. The brazen manner the accounts of the company and the entire management of a PLC have been handled since Chief (Mrs.) Toyin Olakunri took over leaves a sour taste to the mouth.

If the S.E.C. truly wants to enforce corporate integrity in our investment environment, there is need to take immediate steps to ameliorate this gaping wound in the psyche of the investing public.

I sincerely and truly believe that the SEC in Nigeria is ready and able to restore full public confidence in its ability to regulate our industry to the highest possible level.

I remain,

Yours truly,

Yusuf, M.A.

Business Manager/Chief Operating Officer

FAMARUBA LTD

FAMAD PLC

KLM 15 IKORODU ROAD, LAGOS


Dear MR Ajayi,

 

Re F.A.M.A.D year 2000 Accounts concluded in 2002 & yrs 2001 to 2006

 

drafts presented on 19/12/07.

 

Please recall that we had a scheduled meeting for 5th of May 2008 in

 

respect of above accounts. Unfortunately the meeting could not hold due to

 

poor communication within the company. The MD has now rescheduled it for

 

Tuesday, May 13th at 11am. This letter is meant to confirm my serious

 

reservations about the contents of these accounts as presented just in

 

case the meeting is frustrated again.

 

You will appreciate the fact that the year 2000 accounts concluded since

 

2002 did not need to wait for the conclusion of the subsequent years

 

accounts before publication and formal presentation in an AGM.

 

The document has now become an albatross in the hands of the board and

 

every discerning mind particularly our auditors should be worried about

 

the delay. The current drafts for years 2001 to 2006 will suffer the same

 

faith unless the fraudulent misrepresentations in the company’s published

 

accounts for some years now are corrected. Year 2006 a/c is a nightmare.

 

The Chairman of the board, Chief Mrs. Olankunri is the right person to

 

address all issues about the company’s finances to the satisfaction of all

 

before we can proceed further.  She effectively impersonated and assumed

 

the position of EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN of the company for a reasonable part of

 

the period in question. There is therefore no reason to qualify these

 

accounts for want of information, as she is still available and we have

 

not suffered another outbreak of fire since the last dubious one.

 

 Besides, she has been in exclusive mutual control with selected members

 

of every management, to the exclusion of the board, in the running of

 

most sensitive affairs of the company. Some of these executive officers

 

she personally infused are still around and, at every point in time, a

 

qualified accountant, including her, manned our accounts department. She

 

personally took charge of the banking relationships especially since she

 

became the chairman of ETF (Education Trust Fund). Therefore no

 

information about finances should be looked for unless deliberately

 

concealed/withheld from our auditors. Against this background information

 

it is therefore absolutely necessary to conduct a thorough investigation

 

into the financial activities of the company.

 

 Unusual cash transactions and other papers especially statement of

 

accounts from all the banks operated within this period by and/or for

 

the company must be properly scrutinized and confirmed in order to alley

 

our fears of suspicions and accusations of money laundering/washing and

 

other improprieties levied against her roles. It is therefore not an

 

option to claim that some key staff have left while at the same time

 

hiding the deliberate refusal to engage an internal auditor for the

 

company as has been recommended severally by board and shareholders.

 

 Already people suspect that the main reason for delaying the auditing of

 

the company’s books after the audit of year 2000 accounts was concluded

 

in 2002 is to create room for a grand cover-up. Many people including the

 

auditors believe, and rightly too that honesty and integrity have been

 

missing in the running of the company’s affairs for too long and with

 

impunity.

 

The recent strange movements in price of the company’s shares in the stock

 

Exchange despite the absence of any financial report for the past seven

 

years is instructive enough to warrant extra vigilance. The major news

 

coming from the company in recent times is in respect of progressive

 

dissipation of company assets at grossly under valued prices and without

 

following the laid down rules or due process applicable to all public

 

companies.

 

 Please take these issues along, and very seriously too, in your auditing

 

and investigation job as a way of absolving innocent people and also your

 

firm, from complicity in or cover-up of, any crime that are likely to be

 

exposed subsequently. You also owe it as a duty to our numerous

 

shareholders who are indeed your real employers.

 

Thanks

 

 For your co-operation

 

Yours truly

 

SIR EMENYONU.  CHIMA. (Esq.)

 

 VICE CHAIRMAN

 

CC The successor to Mr. Ajayi / Mrs. Onwu

 

This letter deserves your special attention or you company may become

 

inadvertently liable for the cover-up that will certainly be exposed

 

evidentially.


2. INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF NIGERIA-(ICAN):

 

The job of ICAN in these matters is clear cut and requires not much explanation. Luckily for us Messrs. Akintola Williams & Deloitte have done all that needs to be done for the company to be put back in order and for appropriate disciplinary measures to be taken to redress the matter.

 

Chief (Mrs.) Olakunri as a former President of ICAN knows exactly the procedure for instituting an inquiry into matters of this nature. Let the concerned members of the body who read this take the requisite action of referring the disciplinary committee of their body to summon the persons involved and invite them to submit their side of the matter. We on our part are not necessarily punitive. While we do not accept the brazen nature with which our company was hijacked and stripped of all its valuable assets, we also will not want to prosecute Chief Mrs. Olakunri beyond full restitution of all that she took without the knowledge, consent or approval of the full house at an AGM. As members of the OPS we should be satisfied with a negotiated settlement of all that was illegally taken away and then be given the opportunity and the wherewithal to rebuild, restore and rehabilitate our company to its former glory. Once these conditions are met we will not by ourselves pursue her further.

 

Please ICAN do the necessary thing before you lose more credibility and integrity. A word is enough for the wise!

 

3. THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC).

 

Again we believe that the job has already been done for the commission. The findings of the above-mentioned disciplinary committee are quite explicit with regards to the culpability of managers who over the last few years have abused their office and turned the assets of the company in to a free-for-all. We urge you to expedite action in apprehending the culprits so that the assets that belong to the commonwealth of our shareholders may be fully recovered and returned to their rightful owners. The only aspect that requires further investigation is that of the prominent role played by Chief (Mrs.) Olakunri in this sordid affair. She remains the central thread that links all the jigsaw puzzle pieces together. To punish and recover the assets plundered by the managers mentioned in the disciplinary committee’s report without recovering what is in her possession will negate the entire company’s effort towards full recovery. We can assert with full responsibility that not one of the managers mentioned in the board’s letter could have done what they did successfully without the blessing and prior approval of the Chief herself. Mr. Atewologun whose tenure corresponds with the worst period for the declining fortunes of the company is your single most valuable ally in recovering what was stolen from the company.

 

In terms of operational matters the key accounting personnel that could help you in forensic accounting investigations are all past Financial Controllers of the company since 1998 as well as the company’s Chief Accountants and Chief Cashiers for the same period. These enumerated officers above are prisoners of conscience whose roles in the case of corporate manslaughter of FAMAD PLC will no doubt be haunting them especially as they regale you with fairy-like tales of the glorious days of BATA in Nigeria before the deluge took over.

 

In conclusion we the members of Bata Workers Cooperative Credit and Thrift Society declare our full solidarity with all concerned retirees, present workers, minority shareholders and all stakeholders of this important national asset called BATA NIGERIA COMPANY. We promise not to relent in this all important struggle for the defence of Fundamental Human Rights of the minority owners of the commonwealth and the pursuit of health, wealth and happiness through honest labour.

 

We trust that the international human rights community will mobilise resources and rally round us as we forge ahead towards genuine national reconciliation and reconstruction of our economy and society.

 

REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS CONTACT US FOR ANY FEEDBACK AT THE FOLLOWING E-MAIL: [email protected]

 

OUR PHONE CONTACT FOR SMS MESSAGES OR VOICE CALLS: +234-(0)7089097408.

 

Yours-in-the-struggle-

 

Yusuf, M.A.

 

COORDINATOR, BATA WORKERS COOPERATIVE CREDIT AND THRIFT SOCIETY LIM

 

 

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