NAFDAC drags printer to court for forging product registration documents

By IFEOMA IKEM

A printer, Bamidele Afolabi, has been granted bail by Apapa Magistrates’ sitting in Lagos for allegedly forging NAFDAC product registration documents.

The Prosecutor, Mr Jombo Washington, told the Apapa Magistrates’ Court 3 on Tuesday that the offence was committed at No. 13A, Alayo Shopping Complex in Ijaye-Ojokoro, near Lagos but resides at No.73, Ifelodun Str., Ijoko-Sango in Ogun.

Washington said that Afolabi was facing a count charge of producing NAFDAC’s notification of product registration with fake NAFDAC registration number: A7-0583L.

He said that the accused named the product Koduro Soke Herbal Gin X200ml. The prosecutor said that the offence was contrary to Section 361 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011 and punishable under Section 363 (2) of the same law.

It was learnt that the accused also produced fake NAFDAC notification of product registration, having NAFDAC registration: A7-1017L, called Doro Webo Herbal Gin X100ml.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr A. Bolarinwa, granted the accused bail in the sum of N500, 000 with two sureties in like sum. One of the sureties, according to Bolarinwa, must be a relative and the other gainfully employed.

The sureties were mandated to deposit two years tax clearance certificates and account numbers which must be given to the court’s registry and verified by the prosecution. Matter adjourned Feb.15, 2016.