Nigeria Daily News: Importer of fake drug knows fate Sept 28

Importer of fake drug knows fate Sept 28
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Staff on 22/07/2012 21:00:00


JUSTICE Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has fixed September 28,
2012, for judgment after a middle-age man, Uzoma Madueke, admitted importing
fake Fulcin tablets into Nigeria.
Madueke confessed to the crime after he was arraigned before the court on a
one-count charge preferred against him by the National Agency for Food and Drug
Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
The offence, according to the charge signed by one M. H.A. Baba, was committed
on June 25, 2009, in Epe area of Lagos.
Abang had earlier fixed judgment on the matter last week, but at the last
adjourned date, the judge hinted that the judgment was not ready and fixed it
for September 28.
The one-count charge reads: “That you, Uzoma Madueke of No. 47, Lagos Road,
Epe, Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, on or about June
25, 2009, did import fake and substandard tablets to wit: Fulcin Criseofulvina
tablets and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (a) of the
Counterfeit and Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Food (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act No. 25 of 1999 and punishable under Section 3 (1) (a) of the
same Act.”