Harmful medicine: NAFDAC nabs traders in FCT, seizes goods worth over N45m

72030 nafdac seals abuja shop for allegedly selling unregistered aphrodisiacs
72030 nafdac seals abuja shop for allegedly selling unregistered aphrodisiacs

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Friday in Abuja raided hawkers of unwholesome medicine on the Nyanya/Mararaba axis of Abuja.

Addressing journalists after the train, the group chief of the operation, Mr Umar Suleiman stated the method adopted an earlier surveillance carried out by officers of the company’s enforcement unit.

Suleiman, an Assistant Chief Regulatory Officer of the Federal Task Force, Investigation and Enforcement, NAFDAC, stated that the operation was additionally to verify if Baban Aisha Herbal merchandise had been nonetheless in the market.

Recall that the company raided the Baban Aisha manufacturing manufacturing unit alongside Abuja/Kaduna highway a couple of weeks in the past for promoting unregistered natural merchandise.

NAFDAC had alleged that Baban Aisha had solely registered a few of his natural medication, utilizing the privilege of the registered ones to promote others which had been but to be registered.

The company additionally raided and sealed the Al-Nassar Islamic Herbal medication retailer, No. 151 Minna Road, Suleja, Niger State.

Meanwhile, Suleiman stated that commercials on Baban Aisha merchandise weren’t permitted for now.

He stated that the company was capable of nab 5 of the hawkers of the dangerous medicine and considered one of them escaped.

“Most of the drugs we seized in the Suleja shop are sex enhancers (Manpower), sex enhancers drugs like Night Rocket, Black Diamond, double Rocket, AK-47 and many more.

“We also seized other herbal preparation medicines such as transformer, maibulala, maibusher.

“At that particular shop alone in Suleja, drugs found there worth N35 million, and we have an estimate of N10 million for the hawkers”, he stated.

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