The largest pharmaceutical market in Africa, located in Onitsha, Anambra State, has remained shut for over three months, sparking outrage and questions about fairness and due process. The closure, allegedly linked to the sale of fake and illicit drugs, has left countless traders stranded and financially crippled.
Investigative media figure, VeryDarkMan (VDM), visited the market and released a damning video exposing what appears to be a new layer of corruption. According to VDM, officials from NAFDAC are demanding ₦700,000 from each affected shop owner as a prerequisite for reopening their stores.
VDM strongly condemned this alleged extortion and described it as an abuse of authority. In the video, he pledged to assist the traders in seeking justice, including pursuing legal action against the regulatory body.
The central question remains: Does the payment of ₦700,000 automatically absolve traders of selling counterfeit drugs? If fake drugs were truly the issue, why would money fix it?
Many are now asking: What have the Igbos done to deserve this level of treatment? Is this about justice—or just another case of exploitation?
I am live in the biggest medication market in ogbogwu in onitsha (anambra state) to EXPOSE THE EXPLOITATION, STAL! NG,OPPR3$$ION AND ABUSE OF POWER BY NAFDAC(national agency for food and drug administration and control) against the traders of drugs and medical products,on the 8th of February 2025 NAFDAC shut the market down with the reason that some shops were selling fake drugs, instead of NAFDAC to arr3st the people selling these fakes drugs they decided to shut down the whole market with over 5000 shops after 3 months they came back to say each shop will pay 500,000 naira to get their shops opened back and then they later went on to increase it to 700,000 naira per shop, so far so good over 1000 shop owners have reportedly paid to have their shops opened while some other people cannot pay,well THIS IS INJUSTICE AND TOTAL EXTORTION AND ABUSE OF POWER AND OFFICE, if NAFDAC say they found fake drugs they should go on to prosecute those found wanting why are they forcing everyone to pay 700,000 for a crime committed by some persons (THIS IS NOT THE NIGERIA WE WANT) I am calling on the federal government and the government of anambra state to stop this extortion 12:09 J
Posted by Verydarkblackman on Saturday, May 24, 2025
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