The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arrested a man and a woman in Aba, Abia State, for selling banned Analgin injection.
NAFDAC’s Abia Coordinator Mr. Olisa Okeke, in an interview yesterday with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba, said although the woman had been released on bail, she was being monitored.
He said the man, who also stocked the product in his shop, paid N200,000 fine, while NAFDAC confiscated the remaining drugs in his shop and sealed it off.
Okeke said details of the suspects will be withheld for now
“We got expired injections in a shop and found that the woman, who is the owner, is a nurse and is using Analgin injection, a banned product.
“As I am talking to you, the woman has been arrested and is on bail. She is helping NAFDAC in its investigation.
“We are tracing where she bought the injection. Novalgin tablet and Analgin are banned drugs.
“We also got a shop at Umuigbo where we found analgin injection. We confiscated it and sealed off the shop. The owner has paid N200,000 fine,’’ he said.
The coordinator said his office stepped up surveillance on faking and sale of expired and adulterated drugs and food products in Abia last month.
He said the rains and bad roads have not prevented the agency from discharging its duties.
Okeke urged residents to report unscrupulous persons faking products or selling expired drugs or food products to NAFDAC.