{"id":150398,"date":"2025-02-15T10:59:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T09:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nafdac-raids-expired-drugs-depot-in-abia"},"modified":"2025-02-20T15:13:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T14:13:01","slug":"nafdac-raids-expired-drugs-depot-in-abia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nafdac-raids-expired-drugs-depot-in-abia","title":{"rendered":"NAFDAC raids expired drugs depot in Abia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Friday, uncovered a major operation depot dealing in expired and falsified drugs at Umumeje village, Osisioma Ngwa area of Abia State.<\/p>\n<p>The agency, which made the revelation in a statement on X, also disclosed that the illegal operation was being run from multiple buildings near the Ariaria International Market.<\/p>\n<p>It said the expired medicines were repackaged and revalidated for resale, posing a significant health risk to consumers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeized items consisted of expired potassium chloride, allergy medications, immune boosters, and cholesterol treatments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMachines used to rebrand and alter expiry dates were also discovered on-site. Despite efforts to reach him, he showed no concern for his detained family members,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>NAFDAC said the raid led to the arrest of several individuals associated with the operation, but the prime suspect behind the illicit trade remains at large.<\/p>\n<p>It stated that the operation, conducted in collaboration with security agencies, is part of the Federal Government\u2019s ongoing crackdown on the circulation of counterfeit drugs in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The agency also reaffirmed its commitment to eradicating the distribution of substandard and falsified drugs in Nigeria, saying it is is currently reviewing its laws to impose stricter penalties on individuals and organisations involved in the production and distribution of dangerous pharmaceutical products.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Friday, uncovered a major operation depot dealing in expired and falsified drugs at Umumeje village, Osisioma Ngwa area of Abia State. The agency, which made the revelation in a statement on X, also disclosed that the illegal operation was being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":150397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[1208,1498,254],"class_list":["post-150398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-abia","tag-nafdac","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NAFDAC raids expired drugs depot in Abia - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Friday, uncovered a major operation depot d ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nafdac-raids-expired-drugs-depot-in-abia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NAFDAC raids expired drugs depot in Abia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Friday, uncovered a major operation depot d ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nafdac-raids-expired-drugs-depot-in-abia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-15T09:59:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-20T14:13:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1739605105.941218.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1131\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nafdac-raids-expired-drugs-depot-in-abia#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nafdac-raids-expired-drugs-depot-in-abia\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NAFDAC raids expired drugs depot in Abia\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-15T09:59:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-20T14:13:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nafdac-raids-expired-drugs-depot-in-abia\"},\"wordCount\":239,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nafdac-raids-expired-drugs-depot-in-abia#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1739605105.941218.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Abia\",\"NAFDAC\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nafdac-raids-expired-drugs-depot-in-abia#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nafdac-raids-expired-drugs-depot-in-abia\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nafdac-raids-expired-drugs-depot-in-abia\",\"name\":\"NAFDAC raids expired drugs depot in Abia - 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