The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, said it sealed twenty shops and confiscated drugs worth over two million at the Monday market in Maiduguri.
NAFDAC Coordinator in Borno, Mr Nasiru Mato, who disclosed this shortly after the raid, said the traders were in possession of banned and expired products.
Mr Mato said the raid was carried out after intelligence gathering and undercover assessment of the medicine facilities.
He said that the raid was part of the measures put in place to ensure traders and stakeholders ensured strict compliance with NAFDAC’s regulations for the overall safety and wellbeing of consumers.
He listed some of the seized items to include, hierogram, hegira, suredrex, chest and lungs tablets, V9-130 lemotil, Imodium capsules, amolodipine, and Dr. Really extra among others.
Others included, cold cap, lisinopril, bongela cream and expired vaccine eye drops.
Mr Mato pledged to leave no stone unturned in the fight against unwholesome product to safeguard public health.
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