Nigeria’s food and drug regulatory agency has shut down 18 warehouses in Bida, Niger State, after uncovering a massive stockpile of expired consumables allegedly destined for distribution to unsuspecting consumers.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said its Investigation and Enforcement team acted on credible intelligence before descending on the facilities located around Ndazabo White House along Minna Road, behind Bida Modern Market.
Spokesperson Olusayo Akintola confirmed that the raided warehouses contained expired non-alcoholic beverages, dairy milk, candies, bottled water, and pasta with a combined estimated value of N100 million. Alarmingly, a significant portion of the goods had already been packaged and was ready for distribution — including 80,000 packets of expired non-alcoholic drinks, 5,000 packets of dairy milk, 16,000 packets of bottled water, and 28 cartons of pasta, among other products.
Warehouse managers were arrested on the spot for interrogation, and preliminary findings pointed to a single company — BY Ventures — as the owner of the facilities. This led NAFDAC officials to extend their operation to supermarkets owned by the same company in Minna, where additional expired products and allegedly counterfeit Goya cooking oil were discovered. Those outlets were also immediately shut down.
The company’s Managing Director, Alhaji Yusuf Nadabo, was subsequently invited for questioning and reportedly acknowledged ownership of the expired goods during interrogation.
NAFDAC stated that investigations remain ongoing and warned that stiff regulatory sanctions would follow the conclusion of the exercise as a deterrent to others engaged in similar practices.
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