Astounding was the counterfeiting of popular brands including Moet and
Chandon Wine, St. Remy, 501, Red Label, McDowell, Pure Heaven, etc..
Director, Investigation/Enforcement, Barr Kingsley Ejiofor who revealed
this in Lagos yesterday said the consumption of these counterfeit drinks may
lead to kidney failures and cancers.
Barr Ejiofor said the NAFDAC officers who stormed Ogbaru Relief market in
Onitsha, Anambra State where the activities were being carried out also
discovered a container load of fake holograms, labels and packaging materials
of the counterfeited brands.These drinks were produced by manual mixing in
plastic buckets and filled into bottles under very unhygienic conditions within
the market premises.
These drinks were produced by manual mixing in plastic buckets and filled
into bottles under very unhygienic conditions within the market premises.
Six suspects have been arrested and interrogated. They are: Ada Ikeobi (a
nursing mother), Chikezie Ogaejiofor, Ikechukwu Onu, Ikechukwu Nwolisa, Chinaza
Okolo and Anayo Obi.
Investigation is ongoing
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