NAFDAC Docks Four over Counterfeit Products

Abimbola Akosile

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has dragged four persons before a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly dealing in fake and unregistered regulated products.
The four persons, who were separately apprehended and charged differently, are Ify Unigwe, Nnameka Nwabueze, Tina Ezeaku and Ebenezer Arimiwem.

During their arraignment on Friday, the prosecutor, Umar Shamaki, told the court that Unigwe and Nwabueze sold fake and unregistered De Rica tin tomatoes on October 16, at Oke-Arin Market on Lagos Island.Ezeaku was, on his own, arraigned on four counts of manufacturing and selling fake and unregistered yoghurt product, labeled Timbora Yoghurt.

The prosecutor said she committed the offence on October 17 in the Mafoluku area of Lagos. She was further accused of obstructing members of the Federal Task Force on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs, Unwholesome Processed Food and regulated products in the course of their duties.

As for Arimiwem, the prosecutor, Shamaki, told the court that the accused was involved in an unauthorised manufacturing, distribution and sale of cosmetic products labelled as Nice Skin Cream, Perfect White Cream among others.

Arguing his case before Justices Mohammed Yunusa and OkonAbang, Shamaki said the four accused persons violated sections 1(a) and 8(1)(b) of the Food, Drugs and Related Products (registration) Act, Cap F33, LFN, 2004.
But the four of them pleaded not guilty to their separate charges and were subsequently remanded in the prison custody on the order of the court.

Culled from thisdaylive.com