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NAFDAC Destroys N15m Fake Drugs In Kebbi

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National Agency for Food, Drug Adminis­tration and Control, NAFDAC, has destroyed fake drugs worth over N15 million in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State.

Director General of NAF­DAC, Dr. Paul Orhii, repre­sented by Federal Capital Territory Coordinator of the agency, Mr. Abdulsal­lami Ozigis, while carrying out the destruction exercise in company of community leaders and other security agencies, said the exercise had become necessary to prevent the offensive prod­ucts from making re-entry into the market and raised public awareness on the dan­gers of counterfeit regulated products.

In a press statement signed the PR-Unit, Ephraim Anjembe said the essence of the destruction was to in­variably prevent the seized products from finding their way back to the market. This will eliminate the dangers associated with consump­tion of the dangerous prod­ucts coming back to the soci­ety for consumption.”

Speaking further, Ozigis said eliminating the unde­sired regulated products from circulation will assist medical practitioners.

Credit: NationalMirror

Man Arrested With Fake Drugs Worth N40m In His Apartment

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Assorted counterfeit drugs worth over N40 million have been discovered in Asaba, the Delta State capital.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC),also arrested a man suspected to be the owner.The suspect, who was identified as Paul Osita Eli, was arrested in the early hours of Monday at Number 2, Charles Edozien Avenue, Asaba, where he was reportedly packaging the counterfeit drugs with mobile authentication number to make it look genuine.
The drugs found in his three-bedroom apartment where he operates from included Maloxine, Lumatem (anti-malaria drugs), LOFNAC, Buscomac and Rysovin alongside already printed mobile authentication numbers.

Eli, who claimed to be a graduate of Management Science from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, while speaking with newsmen, said he had been in the business for over one year, adding that he did the packaging of the drugs after receiving them from his business associate, whom he simply named as Achubuike in Lagos.
Disclosing that he distributed the drugs in Kano through his business partner, one Chubuike in Sabon Gari, the suspect, who hails from Anambra State, said the drugs were imported from India by his partner in Lagos

Nigerian Tribune