Assorted counterfeit drugs worth over N40 million
have been discovered in Asaba, the Delta State capital.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration
and Control (NAFDAC),also arrested a man suspected to be the owner.The suspect,
who was identified as Paul Osita Eli, was arrested in the early hours of Monday
at Number 2, Charles Edozien Avenue, Asaba, where he was reportedly packaging
the counterfeit drugs with mobile authentication number to make it look
genuine. The drugs found in his three-bedroom apartment where he operates from
included Maloxine, Lumatem (anti-malaria drugs), LOFNAC, Buscomac and Rysovin
alongside already printed mobile authentication numbers.
Eli, who claimed to be a graduate of Management
Science from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, while speaking with newsmen,
said he had been in the business for over one year, adding that he did the
packaging of the drugs after receiving them from his business associate, whom
he simply named as Achubuike in Lagos.
Disclosing that he distributed the drugs in Kano
through his business partner, one Chubuike in Sabon Gari, the suspect, who
hails from Anambra State, said the drugs were imported from India by his
partner in Lagos
Nigerian Tribune
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