Success Damian:
Jumia Food, a subsidiary of e-commerce
giant, Jumia Nigeria, has stated as false a newspaper report which had it that Jumia Food Managing Director, Mr. Guy Futi was arrest
and detained.
Speaking at a press conference which
took place at the company’s office in Ikeja, Lagos on Tuesday, the Chief Legal
Officer of the Company, Mr Seyi Oni stated that Jumia Food Managing Director, Mr. Guy Futi, neither defrauded the
company nor was he detained contrary to a story published by
Vanguard newspaper on Monday, February 4th, 2019 which claimed that Futi was
arrested and detained.
Oni disclosed that the allegation that Mr. Futi was arrested by
the men of the Nigerian Police Force, Zone II over allegation of fraud and
conversion of company’s funds for personal use, was a mere fabricated
allegation.
Speaking further Oni said “The current Country
Manager of Jumia Food Nigeria, Mr. Guy Futi neither misappropriated the
company’s funds nor converted them for personal use. If this had happened,
Jumia would have taken a legal action against him, and probably involved the
press. He was never involved in any fraudulent act.
“Mr. Futi was invited for questioning by the Nigerian Police Force on
Thursday, January 31, 2019 in relation to an ongoing case of fraud filed by
Jumia Food against one of its vendors, Castle Logistics Services. Mr. Futi was never detained by the
police. He was invited for questioning, and left the station after the
interrogation same day. At
the time the incident for which Jumia took a legal action against Castle
Logistics occurred, Mr. Futi had not joined the company.”
He said the allegation of fraud by
Castle Logistics is thus a malicious attempt to distract Jumia Food from
carrying out a legal action against the company.
We condemn in strong terms the libelous intent of the article
published by Vanguard newspaper because the allegations are completely untrue,
and appear to be a cheap effort by Castle Logistics to malign Jumia.
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