The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed no fewer than 18 warehouses in Bida, Niger State, following the discovery of large quantities of expired food and beverage products valued at over ₦100 million.
The affected warehouses, located around Ndazabo White House along Minna Road and behind Bida Modern Market, were shut down after NAFDAC’s Investigation and Enforcement team acted on credible intelligence.
Items recovered during the enforcement operation included expired non-alcoholic beverages, dairy milk, candies, bottled water, and pasta, some of which had already been packaged for distribution.
According to the agency, approximately 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 expired products were uncovered during the raid.
During the operation, managers of the affected warehouses were arrested for interrogation. Preliminary findings linked the facilities to a company identified as BY Ventures. This development led NAFDAC officials to extend the operation to supermarkets owned by the company in , where additional expired products and counterfeit Goya oil were allegedly discovered.
Both supermarkets were subsequently sealed, while the Managing Director of the company, Alhaji Yusuf Nadabo, was invited for further questioning. The agency disclosed that he admitted ownership of the expired products during interrogation.
NAFDAC stated that investigations are ongoing and assured that appropriate regulatory sanctions would be imposed at the conclusion of the process to serve as a deterrent to others involved in the distribution of expired and counterfeit food products.