A Nigerian woman who expressed concern about a bread that didn’t go bad after two months claims she is being sued for ₦50 million by the baking company.
She tweeted:
Hello guys, you won’t believe what I’m holding in my hands. Bone Bread sent their solicitors to serve me this letter. You remember the video I made three days ago about the bread that has stayed for two months in my shop without going bad.
I was very intentional in that video. I didn’t mention any brand. I didn’t show their logo. I was that careful.
Some of you in the comment section were saying, “Oh, you are a liar, you would have told us the name of the bread.” Okay, how do you want us to stay away from the bread if you don’t tell us the name? You are lying. At least show the logo.
Some people were mentioning different brands, different breads, and sharing their experiences with those breads.
The next day, Bone Bread sent me a message in my DM. They said they saw a video circulating online that I made with a product that resembles their own. They said they wanted to reach me so we could have a talk.
That same instant, while I was still trying to wrap my head around the message, I received a phone call on my direct line. “I’m from Bone Bread, my name is this person, and we’ve seen a video that you made about our bread.”
I l©st it. I said, “Hold it right there. I did not make any video about your bread, and please stop calling me.” I ended the call.
They went and sent a voice message via Instagram telling me that madam is not somebody I can joke with. That I don’t even understand the gravity of what I am doing.
In that same breath, they went under my Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook and wrote this long letter telling me I should bring down the video because I am defaming them.
They said they are lawless, they are irresponsible, and that their bread is poisoning people. They said if I don’t take it down before six o’clock, they would take legal action against me.
I’m still thinking, are you serious right now?
Today, I woke up to someone sending me their page. They went on their page and said a content creator has defamed their company and they take it very seriously. They are going to engage their lawyers.
I said, let me come upstairs and make a disclaimer video and tell these people for the millionth time: your name is not in this video, your logo is not shown in this video, I did not mention you.
My girl called me that a lawyer is here with a letter, and it is from Bone Bread.
So if anyone decides to insert themselves into my video by going into the comment section and claiming everything I said is about them, and even adding more, there was no language like l@wl£ssn£ss, there was no irr£sp©ns!bil!ty, there was nothing like that.
So if at this point Bone Bread has decided to send me a lawsuit, and they are demanding I take down the video, retract what I said, and come to the solicitor’s office to give them 50 million naira because for these three days that is how much they have lost, then I don’t know what they are saying.
At this point, I just feel I should come up here and say this, and also show you this letter because my video cannot lie. It is there. I spoke in clear English. I didn’t speak in my language. Even if my English was not very good, at least I spoke in words that could be understood.
I never mentioned any brand. I’m not about to mention any brand on social media.”
Woman who went viral about bread she said remained fresh for over two months, now claims the company sued her for ₦50 million.
