The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has raided two warehouses in Lagos State, containing over N3 billion worth of fake drugs and unwholesome processed foods, IgbereTV reports.
Speaking in Lagos, the Director General of the Agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said that over 20 truckloads of the offensive products were evacuated from the two locations, while the importer is still at large.
She said: “The officers of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate of NAFDAC and the Federal Task Force on Counterfeit and Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods raided two warehouses at the TradeFair Complex in Lagos, where multiple cartons of banned drugs were discovered and evacuated.
“The banned and falsified drugs in the warehouses owned by one Chuka, who is still at large, is estimated to be worth over N3 billion.
“Over 20 truckloads of the offensive products were evacuated from the two locations.
“The products were stored at temperatures above 40oc, which ordinarily would denature some of the active ingredients and the excipients.”
Mojisola explained that on November 10, the Agency arraigned one Mr. Afemefuna Udensi of Phini Pharms Limited, Onitsha, at the Federal High Court, Lagos for importing fake Tramadol.
