The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized banned, expired, and unregistered products valued at over ₦1.5 billion during a major enforcement operation at the Lagos Trade Fair Market.
A post on NAFDAC’s official X handle said the operation was led by the agency’s Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Martins Iluyomade.
It said the raid focused on the cosmetics section of the market, where several warehouses were discovered to be stocked with cosmetics, food items, and other NAFDAC-regulated products that lacked proper registration or date markings.
“Over a trailer load of such products was evacuated, while another trailer containing cosmetics was intercepted,” the agency wrote.
The driver of the second trailer reportedly fled the scene, but the vehicle was secured by NAFDAC personnel on the ground.
NAFDAC described the seizure as one of the largest in recent months and is part of the institution’s crackdown on the circulation of unsafe consumer goods across the country.
The agency said its enforcement operations are ongoing nationwide and targeted at safeguarding public health by removing hazardous items from the market.
“The agency is committed to protecting public health and ensuring that only safe, approved, and properly labeled products are made available to Nigerian consumers,” it said.
This development comes as part of NAFDAC’s broader effort to rid Nigerian markets of substandard and potentially harmful products.
The agency had recently uncovered a massive illegal operation involving the sale of fake chemicals, expired food flavours, unauthorised fertilisers, and repackaged pharmaceutical raw materials in the Alapere area of Ketu, Lagos.
Iluyomade told journalists that the raid followed credible intelligence about a criminal network engaged in large-scale food and chemical counterfeiting.
He described the agency’s action as its campaign carried out to protect the health of Nigerians, stressing that individuals posing as legitimate business operators while engaging in activities that seriously endanger public health.
