Posted by Chinenye on Fri 13th Nov, 2026 - tori.ng
NAFDAC has raided four warehouses in Kano, seized chemicals worth millions of naira and arrested two suspects.
(NAFDAC Official. Image Credit: Daily Post)
NAFDAC have shut down 4 storage buildings in Kano and took away N560 million worth of illegal, dangerous chemicals.
Two suspects have been arrested over the illegal storage, distribution and sale of the products.
Emmanuel Andrew, Deputy Director of NAFDAC's Investigation and Enforcement Directorate, gave the details during an operation in Kano on Thursday.
The raids were part of the push to enforce the ban on Paraquat, sold under the brand name Paraeforce.
NAFDAC banned the chemical in 2022 because it harms people and the environment.
Andrew warned that exposure to Paraquat can cause breathing and heart failure, as well as other serious illnesses, including Parkinson's disease.
He said the chemical can stay in soil and seep into water sources, which puts public health at risk.
He added that there is no known antidote.
NAFDAC began enforcing the ban in January 2024.
In this latest drive, its team checked more than 10 warehouses and found suspect products in several places.
At Panisau, a warehouse was sealed after officers found controlled chemicals believed to be used to make illegal drugs.
In Jaba, another property used to repack and produce chemicals illegally was also shut down.
Andrew said investigators recovered cartons of chemicals linked to firms in Lagos and Niger Republic, along with a sealing machine and packaging materials.
In a separate raid, NAFDAC sealed a warehouse and arrested two people, including the owner, after finding 2983 cartons of Paraeforce worth more than N200 million.
Officers also found over 8000 cartons of Crownquat, another Paraquat based product, worth more than N360 million.
Some Chlorpyrifos, another banned chemical, was also found.
Andrew said the owners of all the affected warehouses will be called in for further questioning.
The agency also seized 183 cartons of unregistered Dynewell syrup imported from Ghana.
They were found in an unfinished building in Sharada, Kano.
He warned Nigerians to stop buying, using, or selling banned chemicals.
Reports states that NAFDAC will keep raiding shops and warehouses until all these dangerous, illegal products are taken off the market.