About 100 shops has been shutdown in Ogbete, Main Market, Enugu by the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, for alleged selling suspended fake alcoholic beverages.
The agency also confiscated a truckload of adulterated products as well as effected arrest of four suspected traders in the process of a well-coordinated raid.
Speaking after the raid and arrest, NAFDAC’s Director South-East Zone, Pharm Martins Iluyomade, said on Monday that the suspects were already in custody and would be charged to court after ongoing investigation. He noted that the raid was in furtherance to NAFDAC’s mandate to safeguarding the health of the nation and riding the South-East of unwholesome, substandard, fake and adulterated products.
“We stormed the popular Ogbete Main Market, Enugu in Enugu State since Friday and have shut down 100 shops which have been identified for selling fake alcoholic beverages.This fake wine and alcoholic beverages are being sold to unsuspected customers and the general public but we are determined to rid the market of these unwholesome products, ” he said.
The NAFDAC Zonal boss said the intensive operation was with active collaboration with the Police, Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army which deployed their personnel for the purpose of the well-coordinated raid.Blackout looms as explosion hits Zungeru Hydro Electricity Dam
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