The
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said it had
arrested Obumneme Okpala, a man suspected to be behind a syndicate specialising
in the importation, distribution, warehousing and sale of counterfeit
insecticides.
According
to the agency, the market value of goods recovered from Okpala is N50m, adding
that the product was imported from China.
The
Acting Director-General, NAFDAC, Ademola Magbojuri, said that the suspect in
2015 had imported a 40-feet container of Kilit insecticide through the Onne
Port in Rivers State. The
NAFDAC acting DG disclosed that the agency had been on the trail of the suspect
for two years, adding that following a tip off, the team of NAFDAC
investigation and enforcement officers was directed to carry out proper
investigation into the intelligence report.
Magbojuri
declared that Okpala would be prosecuted accordingly.
He
listed items recovered from him as 1,539 cartons of Royal Dream insecticide and
52 cartons of Kilit insecticide.
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