Lagos—The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday said it will arrest and prosecute a Nigerian Professor of Ophthalmology at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, for what it described as unverified cure claim for Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, using native vegetable, Ewedu.

Meanwhile, the Agency has quarantined over 104 brands of sanitisers even as it arrested three Nigerian businessmen for alleged importation of expired hand sanitizers and fake Ebola test kits into the country.

Making these revelations in Lagos, the Director General of NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii said the various pronouncements by some medical and pharmaceutical professors at these precarious times in the history of the country were more dangerous.

Orhii, who lamented the psychological trauma Nigerians have gone through in the last couple of weeks warned that the case of the professor at LUTH will serve as a serious warning to other Nigerians intending to mislead or cause panic through such bogus claims.

“One consequence of these unsupported and possibly fraudulent claims is that people may be misled into a false sense of invincibility on account of eating Ewedu or bitter kola and drop their guards. This is a national embarrassment and the Agency will not take such uncorroborated claims by supposedly learned people lightly,” he stated.

“These professors should not be patronised by Nigerians. Anybody who claims to have a cure for Ebola should come to NAFDAC, the Ethics Committee or the Treatment Research Group set up by the Federal government than causing more panic in the country.
”NAFDAC will immediately arrest and prosecute any Nigerian making such unverified claims as that could mislead the public.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/ebola-nafdac-prosecute-ewedu-cure-claimer/

Ewedu cure ko, okra cure ni.

Only in Nigeria you'll see many nonsense(s)

Did you say Professor of Ophthalmology?

What a way to try to make a name. NAFDAG should really help make her more popular with a prosecution.

Better

haahaaah
na wah ooo
ewedu.....heheheh
very soon na okro go soon treat Ebola
Nigerians sha....

I said it then that the Prof was paid by National Association of Ewedu seller in order to promote their product; immediate arrest and prosecution will be fine But I trust my country,this is Just an empty threat.

An ophthalmologist (eye doc) claiming to have found a cure for Ebola, is the doc now going to be prescribing Ewedu eye drops??..chai .. medical 419

Why are do they keep saying Ebola is incurable, after all only less than 40% of people in Nigeria have died from it in Nigeria.

Only less than 10% of white people who have ever been "diagnosed" has died.

So what is the be crime here in a doctor claiming to have a cure?

Idc

really

Trado Medical Doctor of Ijebu land.atleast you are now popular.prepare your medkits for your inmates.

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Whats the problem

I heard my wife complain bitterly about how scarce and costlier her dear ewedu now is in the market all thanks to Prof. 'ewedulabu'. He should be arrested sharp sharp!

Hahaha prof I just dey hala u sha.

Wow I made it to the FP,I give God all the glory,it is neither by my power nor might,want to also use this as an opportunity to give a shout out to Natalia,my cat,loff you.


The ewedu rumour must have been started by Iya Ruka,the woman that sells amala and lafu close to my house,she's not had efo-riro since last week just ewedu soup.

Good move. How can a professor stoop so low.

The fact that she is an opthamologist doesn't mean she couldn't have made research into other fields in medicine,
isaac newton was an alchemist but he built the foundations of physics.

Land of Mediocrity......where corruption and wickedness holds sway! Nigeria oh my Nigeria I weep for thee...!

This is how they misled people into untimely deaths through excessive use of salt as ebola control medicine. Noone wants to die.

DRAG PROFESSOR EWEDU TO NAFDAC!
What a shame to learn that some people are importing fake sanitizers to the country........ and for God sake why has LASU students not drag this Prof. EWEDU to NAFDAC...........Great Nigeria Students wake up to your responsibility. Nigeria needs martial law, so that fake drug sellers and fake Professors could face firing squad.

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I actually believed that.
From today I won't believe any "news" that make FP without verification.

Maurice iwu should also be prosecuted for misleading the public about garnicia kola (bitter kola) pose a cure for Ebola.

Haaa! Ebola still deh nigeria?

#Lobatan

LOL . The Opthalmologist didn't categorically say Ewedu could cure ebola , she only said it could increase one's immunity. But she should have consulted her "Ogas" at the top before making such claims sha.


NAFDAC should try and look into it before prosecuting her

I was here.

Does nafdac really have a case against the prof? No "drug" has been manufactured or sold here. Just suggestions on what to eat... But do I know.. I stand to be corrected.