The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Niger has arrested two suspects in Mokwa local government area of the state over alleged adulteration of agro-chemicals.
The state coordinator of NAFDAC, Aniko Ibrahim, stated this in Minna Monday.
“Before now, we have been getting bad reports about adulteration of agrochemicals in Niger State. Therefore, we decided to set up a surveillance team to monitor them and eventually it yielded a positive result.
“The two suspects involved were apprehended in Mokwa local government area of the state last week,” he added.
Ibrahim said the suspects include Jibrin Abubakar, the chairman of Agrochemicals Dealers Association in the area and Babangida Ado.
He said the suspects were involved in adulteration of agrochemicals such as herbicides and pesticides in large quantity.
“The quantity of suspected adulterated agrochemicals we found on the ground was so much that we had to hire a truck to evacuate them,” he said.
The NAFDAC coordinator said the suspects confessed to have been doing the illicit business for five years now.
Ibrahim stated further that the successful operation was supported by the police division in the area.
“We took a big risk because the operation turned out to be a night operation with the police,” he said. (NAN)
