HURIWA, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, has written an open letter to Hauwa Sa'idu Mohammed, also known as Jaruma, demanding that she go to the media within 72 hours to denounce the alleged efficacy of her local aphrodisiac, known as 'Kayanmata,' or show proof of regulatory approval from Nigerian agencies.
The controversies surrounding Jaruma's business as a sex therapist and dealer of a local aphrodisiac known as Kayanmata, which she claims are aimed at rescuing women from failed marriages, have alarmed HURIWA.
The evidence available seems to suggest that Jaruma is allegedly preying on impressionable women and has built an empire on the gullibility of desperate women, according to the letter, a copy of which was made available to DAILY POST.
On Wednesday, HURIWA's coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, signed an open letter to Jaruma and made it available to DAILY POST.
The letter reads as follows:
"Could you please refute this allegation with empirical evidence and a Nigerian government licence based on science?"
"There have been allegations that your clients used voodoo and 'Juju' dark magic in conjunction with these products to successfully trap men and do their bidding after sexual encounters." If these are just allegations, why is it that there is a widespread belief that your products can assist young girls in attracting wealthy sugar daddies?
"You have also depicted that your 'Kayan Mata,' which literally means a woman's property, is said to enhance love and intimacy and even make women receive expensive gifts from men out of inducement – isn't this tantamount to love scam and false pretences, which are punishable in Nigeria under Section 419 of the Criminal Code, which states:
"Any person who obtains from any other person anything capable of being stolen by any false pretence, with intent to defraud, or induces any other person to deliver to any person anything capable of being stolen, is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for three years?"
"More to the point, your clients are said to be ladies attempting to win the hearts of wealthy married men, thereby encouraging adultery." Adultery is a crime in Northern Nigeria, according to the Penal Code. Adultery is punishable by two years in prison and/or a fine under Sections 387 and 388.
"Adultery is not punishable under the Criminal Code, but it does provide for redress if a spouse can prove adultery took place." "The court hearing a petition for a decree of dissolution of a marriage shall hold the marriage to have broken down irretrievably if the respondent has committed adultery and the petitioner finds it intolerable to live with the respondent," says section 15(2)(b) of the Matrimonial Causes Act.
"Again, we are not aware of any approval from NAFDAC, as such, selling unlicensed and unauthorised love portions, which are suspected of not having undergone evaluation and/or approval by the National or Regional Regulatory Authority for the market in which they are marketed/distributed or used, subject to permitted conditions under national or regional regulation and legislation, is a crime and punishable, or are your products accredited?"
"As a result, we're giving you 72 hours from the date of this publication to go to the media and deny the alleged efficacy of your products, along with an apology to the men and women you've allegedly induced with your alleged unlicensed and unauthorised love portions, infringing on their rights." If they don't, we'll almost certainly take legal action to compel relevant government agencies to rise up and do their jobs.
The group claims that agencies established by law to protect citizens in the marketplace by preventing abuse, exploitation, and any form of mistreatment or disregard for consumers, such as the Federal Competition and Consumers Protection Commission (FCCPC), must be forced to wake up by legal means.
Furthermore, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), whose mission is to "regulate and control the importation, exportation, manufacture advertisement, distribution, sale, and use of food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, bottled water, chemicals, and detergents," according to the enabling law that established it, must be tasked to "wake up and defend Nigerians."