NAFDAC secures seven years prison term against fake lady drug manufacturer
A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos yesterday sentenced a lady, Clara Onah, 35 to seven years imprisonment over manufacture, distribution and sale of fake drugs. Onah was charged by the National Agency for Food, Drugs, Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria on five count charges bordering on possession and sale of fake drugs. A graduate of Microbiology of the University of Nigeria and a postgraduate student of Mass Communication, Onah resides at No 12, Mosalashi St., Alagbado Lagos. In the charge, the accused was said to have committed the offence on January 26,2016. The prosecutor,Umaru Shamaki told the court that the accused sold fake brand of 200 mg of Amazon Amagyl a brand of Metronidazole tablets to members of the public. When the accused was arraigned and the five count charge read to her in the earlier sitting, she had pleaded guilty to all. Shamaki had therefore urged the court to remand the accused pending