Netizens Drag Peter Obi After Faulting NAFDAC’s Closure Of Onitsha Market Over Fake Drugs
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi has come under heavy criticism after condemning the closure of the entire Ogbo-Ogwu Head Bridge, a popular pharmaceutical market in Anambra by the National Agency for Drug and Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
Last week, NAFDAC seized a 40ft container truck fully loaded with fake, adulterated and expired drugs at the market and reportedly
rejected a brown of envelope of N135,000,000 from Marketers, asserting that 90% of the shops in the market sold fake drugs as the reason shutdown the entire market.
Over the weekend, the disgruntled traders had a clash with the soldiers enforcing the closure, and Peter Obi had to intervene.
Today, Peter Obi is begging on behalf of the marketers. He argues that it doesn’t make sense for NAFDAC to shut down an entire market because one section it is involved in “suspected” illegal drugs trading.
That, they should open it up for those who deal with construction and provisions. And if they are genuinely interested in eradicating the illegal drugs, they should conduct transparent search while the store owners are present.
