National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed 18 warehouses in Bida, Niger State, following the discovery of expired food and beverage products valued at over N100 million, the agency said on Thursday.
Gatekeepers News reports that the raid, conducted by NAFDAC’s investigation and enforcement team, was carried out based on credible intelligence. The warehouses, located near Ndazabo White House along Minna Road and behind Bida Modern Market, contained large quantities of expired goods, some already packaged for distribution.
Items recovered included about 80,000 packets of expired non-alcoholic drinks, 5,000 packets of dairy milk, 16,000 packets of bottled water, 28 cartons of pasta, and other assorted products.
NAFDAC said the warehouse managers were arrested and interrogated, with preliminary findings linking the facilities to a company identified as BY Ventures. The agency then extended the operation to the company’s supermarkets in Minna, where additional expired products and counterfeit Goya cooking oil were reportedly found.
Both outlets were subsequently sealed, and Yusuf Nadabo, managing director of BY Ventures, was invited for questioning. During interrogation, he admitted ownership of the expired products.
The agency said investigations are ongoing and promised that appropriate regulatory sanctions would be applied at the conclusion of the probe to serve as a warning to others.
NAFDAC officials stressed that such operations are part of the agency’s continuous effort to safeguard public health by ensuring food and beverages on the market meet safety standards.
