National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) don discover one place wey dem dey produce fake expensive alcoholic drinks for Lagos Trade Fair Complex.
NAFDAC enforcement team raid di place wey dem dey operate for Zamfara Plaza after dem receive information say some people dey produce fake versions of popular alcoholic drinks.
Kunle Ojo, assistant director of enforcement for NAFDAC, talk to our correspondent wey dey di scene as officials catch people dey produce alcoholic drinks and seize equipment and materials wey dem dey use for di work.
Ojo tell our correspondent for di scene say, “As una fit see today, when we reach here, we catch some people red-handed as dem dey produce different kinds of alcoholic drinks.”
Officials also discover drums, filters, packaging materials, corks and one stove-like machine wey dem dey use to produce di drinks.
How Dem Dey Produce Fake Drinks
One whistleblower wey get information about di operation explain how people wey dey produce fake drinks fit copy di taste and appearance of popular alcoholic drinks with simple materials.
E talk say, “Ethanol na di main ingredient.
“Once you get your ethanol, wetin you go do be say, sometimes, these people go enter supermarket and say dem need original bottle of Hennessy.
“Na di original bottle go help dem get almost di exact taste of Hennessy.”
Di source also explain say people wey dey produce fake drinks fit use tea to create di brown colour wey some alcoholic drinks get.
According to di whistleblower, some of di producers don sabi how to mix different ingredients to copy particular brands without buying di original bottles.
Ojo talk say di operation na part of efforts to protect Nigerians from drinks wey fit harm dem, especially as festive season dey approach.
E talk say, “Plenty people dey sick today because of di kind drinks wey dem buy for market.”
E add say di agency go handle di suspects wey dem arrest according to administrative procedures and investigate to find out where dem get di materials and who else fit dey behind di operation.
Ojo talk say dem go carry all di items wey dem seize go NAFDAC warehouse, where dem go destroy dem.
Christiana Obiazikwor, NAFDAC deputy director of public relations, describe di raid as part of di agency normal enforcement work.
She talk say di people wey dem suspect of producing fake drinks don move from one previous location wey NAFDAC don seize and seal.
Obiazikwor talk say, “We dey beg Nigerians make dem report anything wey dem see to us.
“No need to go social media to create fear.”
She urge Nigerians to report any suspected production of fake products to di nearest NAFDAC office. She assure whistleblowers say dem go protect dia identities.
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