Court jails woman over fake Pharmacy operations in Cross River

A Federal High Court sitting successful Calabar, Cross River State, has convicted and sentenced a businesswoman, Ezea Isidora Kamchukwube, to 2 years successful situation for operating unregistered pharmaceutical premises and illegally practising arsenic a pharmacist successful usurpation of the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria Act.

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, who sentenced the convict successful absentia, delivered the judgement aft uncovering the suspect blameworthy connected aggregate counts bordering connected the unlawful cognition of pharmaceutical outlets without registration and dispensing medicines without the requisite qualifications.

The charges, filed by the Federal Republic of Nigeria nether Charge No. FHC/CA/76C/2025 stemmed from offences allegedly committed successful August 2024 successful Calabar.

According to tribunal documents obtained by our Correspondent on Monday, Kamchukwube operated 2 pharmaceutical outlets, 1 known arsenic 24 Hours Pharmaceuticals, located on Marian Road and different situated other Kokoz Cosmetics Shop connected Abang Asang Street, Etta Agbor Road, without registration oregon authorisation from the Pharmacy Council ...