”I can’t go anywhere without escorts” – Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye cries out
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Dr*gs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), said she suffers from security thr3ats due to the nature of her job.
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Adeyeye said this while speaking to State House correspondents after a briefing she had at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday, February 26th, 2025.
She disclosed that NAFDAC had recently seized ill!cit dr*gs worth over N1 trillion in an ongoing crackdown against substandard and f@ke pharmaceutical products.
The NAFDAC boss revealed that the agency’s intensified enforcement efforts had resulted in the seizure of 87 truckloads of b@nned, expired, and substandard medical products.
She described the large-scale operation, which targeted Nigeria’s three major open dr*g markets, as the biggest in NAFDAC’s history.
Prof. Adeyeye estimated that the value of the seized items was at least N1 trillion but noted that further assessment could reveal a higher figure. The NAFDAC DG recounted how staff members had faced kidn@pping attempts and physical thr3ats due to their work.
“I told you about the attempted murd3r about six months ago. One of our staff members in Kano had his child kidn@pped because he was doing his job. Fortunately, the child escaped,” she revealed.
She added that she lives with two policemen in Abuja and Lagos. ‘‘I don’t have a life. I can’t go anywhere without police escorts. That’s not my way of living, but I don’t have a choice because we must save our country. Nonetheless, I also use common sense.”
Prof. Adeyeye emphasized the need for stricter punishments, including the d3ath penalty, for those endangering lives through f@ke dr*gs.
She urged the Nigerian government to implement stronger laws to curb the life-thr3atening trade of counterfeit pharmaceuticals.
