Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday sentenced a 37-year-old businessman, Sylvanus Nwanoro, to five years imprisonment for dealing in counterfeit drug products.
The convict was prosecuted by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on a five-count charge of illegal possession and sale of counterfeit Cof ‘N’Cold with Codeine Syrup.
As a result, the trial judge convicted the suspect with an option of fine to the tune of N500, 000. In his plea of allocutus (plea of mercy), the convict said he was a first offender and did not waste the time of the court.
According to him, he is now remorseful of his action and so will never commit such offence again if given the chance.
