The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arrested one Mr Prakash Mohinani, an Indian national for importing and distributing fake and unregistered regulated products into Nigeria.
This is sequel to a special raid and enforcement operation in some markets and locations in Port- Harcourt, Rivers State, by the Investigation and Enforcement Directorate of the agency from Lagos.
Addressing journalists after the exercise, the leader of the team, Mr Folorunso Idowu, a Chief Regulatory Officer, said that Prakarsh Mohinani was arrested with several cartons of unregistered confectionery worth millions of naira, following a tip-off from Port Harcourt.
Idowu stressed that the confectionery arrested along with the Indian included products such as Maliange, mushroom pieces and stems used as spices for delicacies such as fried and jollof rice, among others.
He revealed that the team also sealed two other shops that were selling fake and unregistered confectioneries, which included the Maliange mushroom pieces and stems at the popular fruits and vegetables market, along Kaduna Street, D/Line in Port-Harcourt.
Mr Idowu further disclosed that the Indian was arrested along with a Nigerian, Mr Chibuike Onuoha, whom he alleged distributed for the Indian to other customers in the state.
According to him, the Indian claimed he bought the products from a supermarket in Port- Harcourt, but could not produce any receipt to back up such a claim or take them to the shop where he claimed he bought the products when he was requested to so.
Idowu stated that both the Indian and his Nigerian collaborator would be transferred to the agency’s Lagos office for further investigation since they refused to disclose the source of the products in their possession. He urged members of the public to report any suspicious character connected to fake and unregistered products to any nearest NAFDAC office to them.
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