By Chioma Obinna

The Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State, has convicted an Osogbo bread baker, Mr. Afolabi Nurudeen, for obstructing officials of National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, in the course of performing their duties.

Meanwhile, NAFDAC has impounded counterfeit medicines valued at N59,300,000.00 in Lagos.

Director-General of the agency, Dr. Paul Orhii, who commended the judiciary, disclosed that the agency had recorded about seven convictions since 2009.

Afolabi was said to have been arranged before the court on May 12, 2011 under Section 25(1) of the NAFDAC Act, Cap 1, Law of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and punishable under section 25 (1) of same Act.

He explained that on March 15, 2010, at Isale Agbara Street, Osogbo, the convict was said to have attacked NAFDAC Assistant Director, Mrs. Yedunni Adenuga and other officials of the agency, when they found prohibited potassium bromate in his bakery.

Delivering his judgment, Justice Babs Kuewumi pronounced that Afolabi was guilty of the offence leveled against him and sentenced him to one year imprisonment with option of four thousand naira.