The management of Chi Ltd have reacted to the event that occured at the company's premises few days ago.
This is a satement issued by the company.
"In the evening of Friday, December 30, 2016, some workers succeeded in
forcefully taking away several cartons of company products and
damaging the gate in the process.
As a result of this incident, Management decided to enhance security
around the factory by reporting the case to the Nigerian Police Station at Ajao
Estate, who responded by placing their men outside the entrance of the factory
to avert any further looting.
The night shift workers resumed work without any problems until around
4:30 am when some of them decided to stop work two hours to the end of the
shift, switched off the lights and proceeded to cart away company’s products
without authorisation.
The internal security personnel tried without success to persuade them
to have a re-think. When they over-powered the internal security men, the
members of the Nigerian Police Force at the gate stepped in to bring the
situation under control.
In the course of the encounter with the police, two of the workers
sustained gunshot wounds. They were rushed to a nearby company-retained
hospital for treatment. One of the injured workers is in stable condition in
the hospital.
The second injured worker was subsequently referred to a Teaching
Hospital and was conveyed there in the company’s ambulance. Sadly, he later passed
on.
As an organisation that places high premium on human life, the death is
immensely painful to us. Management immediately sent a delegation to condole
with the family of the deceased
We are surprised and saddened by this event because prior to this
incident there had been no dispute between the company and its workforce. We
later learnt that some workers felt that there had been discrimination in the
distribution of products of the company as Christmas gifts, and then decided
without authorisation to take company products for themselves as their own
Christmas gifts.
We are currently engaging with all parties and stakeholders to better understand
what went wrong and address any related issues."
Signed
Bode Sojobi
Group Head, Corporate Affairs
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