The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed 18 warehouses in Bida, Niger State, after discovering a massive stockpile of expired food and beverage products with an estimated market value exceeding ₦100 million.
The enforcement operation, carried out by the agency’s Investigation and Enforcement Directorate, targeted facilities around Ndazabo White House on Minna Road and behind the Bida Modern Market. Acting on credible intelligence, NAFDAC officials found the products already packaged and ready for distribution to retailers — a detail that underscores the scale of the public health risk posed by the operation.
Among the recovered items were 80,000 packets of expired non-alcoholic drinks, 16,000 packets of bottled water, 5,000 packets of dairy milk, 28 cartons of pasta, and various other expired commodities.
Preliminary investigations linked the warehouses to a firm identified as BY Ventures, prompting NAFDAC to extend its raid to supermarkets owned by the company in Minna. There, officials found additional expired products and suspected counterfeit Goya olive oil.
The company’s Managing Director, Alhaji Yusuf Nadabo, was subsequently summoned for questioning and reportedly admitted ownership of the expired inventory during interrogation. Several warehouse managers remain in custody as investigations continue.
NAFDAC confirmed that strict regulatory sanctions will follow once the investigation is concluded, reaffirming the agency’s commitment to ridding the Nigerian market of unwholesome and potentially dangerous consumer products.
