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Trader pleads responsible to promoting expired wine in Lagos
Crime
A Lagos-based dealer, Ibeh Nkemakonam, 48, has pleaded responsible to possessing, storing, and promoting expired Mosto Tinto wine, in breach of meals security legal guidelines earlier than the Federal High Court within the state.
Nkemakonam was dragged earlier than Justice Yelim Bogoro on a three-count cost introduced towards him by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
NAFDAC had accused him of dealing in expired wine with one Okafor James Cyril, who is claimed to be at giant, on the Balogun Business Association Trading Complex in Lagos on 3 April 2024.
He initially pleaded not responsible when arraigned in 2024, and the choose granted him bail. But on the resumed listening to of the case, Nkemakonam indicated that he needed to vary his plea.
After his plea, NAFDAC prosecutor Cynthia Igweiro urged the court docket to adjourn the case so the prosecution may assessment the information forward of sentencing.
She additionally requested the court docket to remand the defendant to the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS).
Defence counsel didn’t oppose the appliance.
Justice Bogoro adjourned the case to 18 November 2026 for a assessment of the information and sentencing, and ordered that the defendant be remanded in NCoS custody.
In the primary depend, Nkemakonam was accused of possessing expired Mosto Tinto wine on the Balogun Business Association Trading Complex.
The offence is punishable underneath Section 3 of the Counterfeit and Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, Cap. C34, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
The second depend accused him of storing the wine, described as unfit for human consumption, opposite to Section 1(1)(b) of the Food and Drugs Act, Cap. F32, LFN, 2004, and punishable underneath Section 17(1) of the identical Act.
In the third depend, the dealer was accused of storing adulterated meals merchandise in contravention of Section 1(2) of the Food and Drugs Act.
The prosecution alleged that the offences have been dedicated on 3 April 2024, on the Lagos buying and selling advanced.
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