Detectives attached to International Police Department, Interpol, of the Nigeria Police Force have commenced investigations into the importation of Solar panels worth N3.3 billion naira which were allegedly damaged by typhoon to Nigeria by a Chinese company.
To this end, plans have been concluded for a high powered team of detectives to travel to China to liaise with their Chinese counterpart in fishing out the businessmen that perpetrated the act against unsuspecting Nigerian business men.
The damaged panels were reportedly imported by a middle aged Nigerian business man, Amuchi Obi, based at the popular Alaba International market in Lagos on behalf of over fifty traders in the market who separately paid him for the business.
However, it was learned that the table turned after on arrival in Nigeria, the panels were seen to be damaged beyond repair.
Sources said that as a result of the ugly development, the business man that imported the goods on behalf of the traders was forced to go into hiding after his fellow traders accused him of conniving with the fraudulent Chinese businessmen in China to import damaged panels for them. It was gathered that all efforts he made to proved his innocence failed and he had no alternative than flee from the market and engaged the services of Interpol to recover either the money spent in buying the panels or compel the Chinese business men to import genuine panels for his colleagues’ in Alaba International market.
In a petition forwarded to the Inspector General of Police through his solicitor, B.O. Alaka Esq, the businessman stated that: “sometime in March, 2025, our client contacted Hebei-kewang import and export tradingco.ltd in a bid to purchase solar panels, He discussed with the company’s sales representative named (Annewang and Karen-Li) respectively, he specifically informed the sales representatives about the specific models and capacity of the panel he wanted purchase which was confirmed available before payment and subsequent plans to import the goods were finalized while it was also agreed that thee goods will come in nine separate cargoes containers filled with he agreed watts of panel respectively.”
“Our clients proceeded to make payment in bathes into the Deuche (Hong Kong) bank account of Hebei-Kewang import and export tradingco.ltd with the account number 9988001272902 and another payment into a City Bank (Singapore) account of the same company with the account number 1037040375552 and some other payments into a Hong Kong account with account number 3996000334466.
“However, to our client’s greatest surprise, Hebei-Kewang, under the supervision of (Anne-wang and Karen-Li) having acknowledged the receipt of the bank transfer shipped not only the wrong specifications and out dated solar panels as against what was requested. Most of the goods were delivered in terrible condition not suitable for usage and completely of no market value.”
“Our client, alhoug disappointed, still made several efforts to seek for amicable resolution which could not be resolved until the company eventually conceded to export 5 containers of the exact specifications of solar panels as compensation to our clients whose life and means of livelihood is being threatened by other investors who contributed to import the panels from China.”
“To our utter dismay, till the moment this petition was written, Hebei-Kewang and Anne-Wang and Karen-Lei have not delivered the agreed shipment and flagrantly ignored several calls while our client manifestly expressed his grievance against the sinister moves of the companies, it became a reality that the sales representative and nonchalant and absolutely unbothered about the delivery of the agreed solar panel shipment, while they have also shown total disregard and evasiveness despite our client’s situation who is almost a the verge of being prosecuted by other investors for a business deal gone wrong.”
Efforts made to reach out to the accused Chinese company failed as numbers obtained from the complainant could not connect. When contacted, the Commissioner of Police in charge of Interpol, Lagos, Bode Ojajuni stated that, “we are investigating such a case and our men will be going to China to discuss with our Chinese counterparts. That’s all I can tell you for now.”
