NAFDAC Arrests 32-Year-Old For Importing Fake Drugs 

Operatives of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have arrested a 32-year-old businessman, Obinna Igbo, for alleged importation and sale of fake Amanta Forte, an unregistered anti-malarial drug.
This was made known in a statement by NAFDAC’s media consultant, Sayo Akintola.
The drug control agency revealed that Igbo claimed to have imported the fake drugs from India and sold them at Shop E200, Freedom Line, Onitsha Head Bridge Market, Anambra State.
NAFDAC also noted that the accused was arraigned before a Federal High Court on four counts of “unlawful importation, possession, sale, and distribution of fake Amanta Forte soft gel (Artemether 80mg + Lumefantrine 480mg Capsules) drug at Head bridge market Onitsha, Anambra State.
The statement read in parts, “The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, in her submissions, disclosed that officials of the Investigation and Enforcement Directorate of the Agency received intelligence on the importation and sale of the fake anti-malaria drug and swung into action immediately.
“She confirmed that the operatives raided three pharmaceutical outlets at Head bridge market, Onitsha, namely, Triphon Point Global limited, Emma Medicals Nigeria Limited, and Ekeh Mountain Global Ventures Limited.
“She confirmed that the offending product was found in Triphon Point Global Limited and was subsequently evacuated while the shop was placed on hold”.
The statement also quoted Adeyeye as saying that the operatives also visited Emma Medicals and Ekeh Mountain Global Ventures Limited.