Tension As NAFDAC Officials, Policemen Escape Lynching In Onitsha Market

There was tension yesterday in Onitsha, Anambra after officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control and policemen escaped getting lynched during an enforcement exercise, Igbere TV reports.

Igbere TV reports that the incident happened at Head Bridge Drug Market, Onitsha, to be precise.

NAFDAC made this known in a statement by its Director-General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, that the combined team of officials and policemen had visited the market sequel to credible intelligence obtained from concerned members of the public.


According to the agency, it had received information regarding the connivance of drug counterfeiters from the market and the executive members of the Plumbing Material Market Association Onitsha over the diversion, concealment, and storage of substandard and falsified medical products at the plumbing material market.


However, an attempt to apprehend those found culpable as well as ensure the seizure of the items led to NAFDAC officials getting stoned.

The statement reads,

“Officials of NAFDAC visited the offending warehouse for an immediate evacuation of the substandard and counterfeit products and packaging materials.

“The contingent of NAFDAC officials and police officers were attacked and pelted with stones, bottles, packaged water and plumbing items by a mob under the watch of the executive members of the Plumbing Material Market Association Head Bridge Onitsha.

“However, the NAFDAC team were able to evacuate a limited quantity of the counterfeit Anti-malaria, Antibiotics, Sildenafil Citrate, including Tetanus Toxoid stored in a warehouse with a temperature of over 40oC.”

The agency, which is charged with the mandate of safeguarding the health of Nigerians, noted that storing cold-chain drugs such as vaccines or injections that are supposed to be stored at below 4oC at a temperature as high as 40oC would have damaged the drug and subjected the person that would use it to danger that could result in death.

“Counterfeiting of drugs subjects the population to treatment failure and early death.

“Members of the families of the counterfeiters are included in the population, that is, no one is exempted from the consequences of substandard, falsified and counterfeited medicines. Therefore, protect your family from dangers of falsified medicines by reporting any suspicion of fake medicines to 08001NAFDAC or to the nearest NAFDAC office to you.”

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Na only for Igbo markets these people dey come do gra gra.

Make dem go check sick cows which pose more health risk to people than harworking self investing Igbos.

advocate666:
Na only for Igbo markets these people dey come do gra gra.

Make dem go check sick cows which pose more health risk to people than harworking self investing Igbos.

No need for this, if they are found guilty they should be prosecuted, no Brainers .

advocate666:
Na only for Igbo markets these people dey come do gra gra.

Make dem go check sick cows which pose more health risk to people than harworking self investing Igbos.

Dora akunyuli an Igbo woman was almost killed by Igbo people because they were the main target during substandard and fake products search
Dora didn't care she was Igbo, but most of those perpetrators were igbos
All those people dying of kidney failure and so many medical diseases out there,dont u think it was caused by Igbo people selling fake drugs
Unless igbos want to b tribal
If they should arrest people indulging in fake and substandard products,igbos would b 80%
But of course u guys will shout persecution
Even though when dora akunyuli was nafdac head,most of those arrested were fron her tribe

Hmmmmm

If they are found guilty, seize and jail them... health is wealth.

Agba ego nkiti....... They should do it the Dora way, storm the market with enough security (army) make I see who go lynch who.

Infinityk:

Dora akunyuli an Igbo woman was almost killed by Igbo people because they were the main target during substandard and fake products search
Dora didn't care she was Igbo, but most of those perpetrators were igbos
All those people dying of kidney failure and so many medical diseases out there,dont u think it was caused by Igbo people selling fake drugs
Unless igbos want to b tribal
If they should arrest people indulging in fake and substandard products,igbos would b 80%
But of course u guys will shout persecution
Even though when dora akunyuli was nafdac head,most of those arrested were fron her tribe

You don't quote every kid on nairaland, most don't use their brain for anything reasonable

advocate666:
Na only for Igbo markets these people dey come do gra gra.

Make dem go check sick cows which pose more health risk to people than harworking self investing Igbos.

No need tribalizing this issue because when fake drugs flood the market, e no go look uche face or ask for the tribe of its casualties.

They should used dynamites to blow up the warehouses

The person that commented first shld fear God. In as much as counterfeiting cut across all tribe but some Igbo people are worst.
Imagine doing it on drugs that is so suicidal.
Those Onitsha fake drug people were the one that kill Dora Akunjili.

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Bolustical:
Let them enjoy their fake products so far it doesn't go out of their region. It's fine.

Even Dora Akunyili, their own daughter was almost killed while trying to wage war against drug counterfeiting.

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advocate666:
Na only for Igbo markets these people dey come do gra gra.

Make dem go check sick cows which pose more health risk to people than harworking self investing Igbos.

Chai .