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How Onitsha Trader Was Traced To Delta State For Illicit Drug Manufacturing.

The National Agency for Food and Drug istration and Control (NAFDAC) has discovered and raided an illicit drug factory in Delta State owned by Ekene Igwe, one of the major traders at Ogbo-Ogwu Bridge Head Drug Market, Onitsha, Anambra State.

The fake factory is located in a three-story uncompleted building belonging to Ekene Igwe, a fake drug producer, now at large

The Agency arrested Blessing Igwe, the wife of the fake producer, and seized illicit drugs and injectables produced in the factory

The building is located at Azagba Ogwashi near Issele-Azagba in Delta State Capital Territory. The ground floor is used as the factory for the production of the illicit drugs and injectables, as well as a residential apartment.

Babatunji Omoyeni in charge of NAFDAC Investigative and Enforcement of Federal Taskforce for South-South and South-East, took his team and journalists to the fake factory on Tuesday where Blessing, the wife of the prime suspect, was arrested.


The prime suspect is now at large but the team also profiled some other occupants of the uncompleted building.

According to Omoyeni, the Agency had successfully tracked a drug shop at Ogbo-Ogwu , Bridge Head market, in Onitsha where illicit drugs produced are sold to unsuspecting buyers.

He disclosed that the seizures at the illicit drugs factory included a big drum containing vials soaked in liquid substance, adulterated drugs, rebranded expired drugs including large quantity of chloroquine phosphate 322 mg/5ml, petazine injection 50mg//2ml, gentamycin injection 280mg/2ml and many other contraband injectables with new labelling.

He said the Agency recorded the breakthrough following a tip off from concerned of the public

He noted that efforts had been intensified to track the prime suspect, adding that the arrested wife of the culprit would be arraigned before a competent Court for trial and prosecution over her level of involvement in the illicit drug business.

Martins Iluyomade, NAFDAC’s Director for South East Zone, revealed that the said the building used for the illicit drug manufacturing and relabelling of expired drugs would be sealed off.

He expressed sadness for the country and the kinds of things that are playing out.

“Only God knows how many people that have died from consumption of the illicit drugs produced by these merchants who are looking for money at all cost, and perpetrating these heinous crimes using all manners of avenue including inciting the public against what NAFDAC is doing; using ill gotten money after killing a lot of people. Nigerians need to be very vigilant.

The prime suspect at large is one of the major traders at Ogbo-Ogwu Bridge Head drug market in Onitsha whom has been in this illicit drug business.

“What these drug merchants have done since they knew that Ogbo- Ogwu Market is no longer safe for their illicit drug business, they have moved out to neighbouring places like Asaba in uncompleted buildings, relabelling injectables that expired far back seven years ago

“‘This issue of illicit drug business has been on for several years, and there has not been any solution.

“This time, NAFDAC is coming forward with solution to make sure that Nigerians are safe, and we are able to safeguard the health of the public”, Iluyomade said..

https://anambrapeople.com.ng/2025/05/31/how-onitsha-trader-was-traced-to-delta-state-for-illicit-drug-manufacturing/

I don't want to blame Nigerians for the actions of a very few people. One thing is clear, a lot of people in that area must have known they were producing fake drugs.
Why didn't they stop them?

Fake drugs harm and kill people and they know. Welldon Nafdac

Marginalisation, it's because they are igbos, they are not fake drugs producers,I live amongst them

He must be tracked and be brought to book,fake drugs are very dangerous and must not be allowed in our society.
The only problem we have in Nigeria now,is that a lot of drug barons have be emboldened since they now believe that crime pays,in a society where drug barons can get to the highest office in the land as leaders.

My igbo brother as usual aka importer-exporter, odogwu billionaire, always into fraudulent activities, person sick almost dying, u still dey give am fake drug to use produced by our onitsha brother😂

before you scream developer, this is just one useless one out of millions of good people.

Hisroyalbeat:
Marginalisation, it's because they are igbos, they are not fake drugs producers,I live amongst them

Are they ur uncles

Why would people choose to become fake-drug-producers? Isn't that the height of wickedness...to kill your fellow human slowly?

Ok

This is too bad

I won't believe a govt that is founded on lies

VDM got this one wrong this time

That one he went to Anambra to make videos and talk, in his mind he has bursted government fraud.

Though I am a fan of VDM but I have my independent thoughts…. His last video even exposed his ignorance further… he said nafdac has changed the narrative from fake drugs to ventilation problem …. Vdm, we all watched the video and we have our own brain to think (not everyone though uses their brain )

Vdm, you made the wrong call and Nafdac will beat you hands down in this one you enter

Manufacturing and selling of fake medicines are the worst of all wickedness.
Imagine helping a sick person to die faster.

This NAFDAC should also beam its searchlight into Ibadan, Lagos and Kano axis.

These are the criminals Obi is defending and carrying their matter for head and fighting NAFDAC over.

May God never allow Giringory smell any federal position as long as he lives on earth.

omoredia:
I won't believe a govt that is founded on lies

You also not believe Ekpa would be arrested. But you believe people that chest-beat that claim to have bomb and missiles to launch if Nnamdi is arrested.

Nawa o

He is no different from the ritualist, and kidnappers.

No shades, but the average Ibo man has the propensity to do anything for money.

NwaliE01:
Manufacturing and selling of fake medicines are the worst of all wickedness.
Imagine helping to a sick person to die faster.

Assisted Euthanasia.

True! I in the seventies I met a young Igbo boy, and as we were discussing he saw new wine bottles that were bought and he said to me that he only needs just one of them and they can use it to produce fake ones.
This is a true story and I'm not making it up.

I don't believe anything from NAFDAC. They are criminals extorting traders.
It was only after their dirty game got exposed that they suddenly claimed to impound “1,000 trucks” full of fake drugs and arrest so-called merchants.

NAFDAC is so corrupt that The U.S. does not trust NAFDAC to test or validate its drugs coming into Nigeria, especially when they’ve already ed FDA standards.
Idiots

Bro you know this crimnals too well.

Hisroyalbeat:
Marginalisation, it's because they are igbos, they are not fake drugs producers,I live amongst them

DomPerignon:
These are the criminals Obi is defending and carrying their matter for head and fighting NAFDAC over.

May God never allow Giringory smell any federal position as long as he lives on earth.

may obi never happen to us as Nigerians

AnambraPeople:


https://anambrapeople.com.ng/2025/05/31/how-onitsha-trader-was-traced-to-delta-state-for-illicit-drug-manufacturing/

The mmesoma blodas again

Haba, like obi like mmesoma, like kanu people with victim mentality

Drug pusher generation

Product of baby factories

Arrest and prosecute Ekene Igwe and all the associates linked to him. Why lock up that whole market and extort them?

A counterfeit drug producer should be arranged for trial in court.

This is another face saving campaign for imposing general fine on Onitsha market traders.

700k or prosecution... What's your guess

Onitsha trader or Nigerian trader


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