NAFDAC destroys N5.3bn fake products in one week

NAFDAC has seized and destroyed counterfeit and unwholesome products worth over N5.3bn in a single week. According to Punch Nigeria and Punch, these items included alcoholic drinks and pharmaceuticals, as well as fake drinks and drugs, across Nigeria.

Daily Post Nigeria reported that NAFDAC destroyed seized counterfeit and substandard products worth N2.6 billion in Rivers State. Dr. Martins Iluyomade, the chairman of the Federal Task Force on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods, disclosed that the products included chemicals, cookies, tomatoes, and medicines.

Iluyomade stated that the goods were intercepted by the Nigeria Customs Service at Onne Port between 2025 and 2026. He noted that the destruction exercise, which took place in Port Harcourt on Friday, was made possible through cooperation and existing memoranda of understanding between NAFDAC and the Nigeria Customs Service.

Brief written by urgent.news from Punch Nigeria, Punch, Daily Post Nigeria — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.