Newz…Enforcement turns violent; officer escapes stabbing …Manufacturers moved machines, removed signposts to evade arrest By Chioma Obinna Despite the Federal Government’s ban on the production, distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages in sachets and PET bottles below 200ml, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Tuesday uncovered what it described as fresh illegal production by manufacturers operating from concealed facilities, alleging that some companies relocated production lines, removed their signboards to evade detection and violently attacked enforcement officers during nationwide raids. Briefing journalists in Lagos, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, disclosed that enforcement teams recovered banned 100ml PET bottles and rolls of sachet packaging materials bearing production dates as recent as July 23, 2026, which she said proved that some manufacturers were still producing the prohibited products after the ban had fully taken effect.
Describing the development as a “deliberate, calculated defiance” of Federal Government regulations, Adeyeye warned that manufacturers, distributors and retailers still dealing in the banned products would face tougher sanctions, while anyone who assaulted or obstructed NAFDAC officials would be prosecuted. “What we found at the manufacturing level speaks to the depth of defiance we are dealing with. In multiple cases, those factories were found to be still actively producing in direct violation of the ban.
“We recovered banned 100ml PET bottles and rolls of packaging film for sachet alcohol, some bearing production dates as recent as July 23, 2026. “These manufacturers were producing banned products this very month, just last week, even after the ban had taken full effect and after NAFDAC had already engaged them. This is deliberate, calculated defiance of federal regulation.” The NAFDAC boss alleged that some manufacturers had gone beyond violating the ban by relocating production equipment to unregistered locations in a bid to evade regulators.
According to her, intelligence gathered during the operation showed that some companies dismantled production lines from registered factories and moved them to clandestine sites where they continued manufacturing the banned alcoholic beverage…
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