A woman who was nabbed selling fake ogogoro in a Lagos community has been dragged to face the full wrath of the law.
File photo: Ogogoro
One Nkiru Kalu has been remanded in police custody by the Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday, for allegedly producing unwholesome ethanol gin also known as ogogoro.
The Nation reports that Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo remanded the defendant in the custody of the Police Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon, Lagos, pending hearing of her bail application.
The court rejected prosecuting counsel, Shamaki Umar’s oral application that the defendant, who pleaded not guilty to a four-count charge, be remanded in prison.
Justice Oguntoyinbo adjourned hearing of the bail application till May 5 and June 29 for commencement of trial.
Kalu, of Kilometre 16, Ojo, Badagry, Lagos, was arraigned by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) on a charge bordering on the production and selling of unregistered processed food.
Prosecuting counsel, Shamaki Umar, from the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), said NAFDAC officials arrested the defendant in Badagry on February 23.
He alleged that Kalu was found in possession of “unwholesome processed food to wit: ethanol drink” contrary to and punishable under Section (1)(a) and 3(1)(a) of the Counterfeit and Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods (Miscellaneous Provisions) Cap 34 LFN 2004.
The court also heard that Kalu obstructed NAFDAC officers from performing their duties.