Two fake alcohol dealers jailed 40 years in Lagos

The Federal High Court of Nigeria has convicted 2 men for producing and selling fake alcoholic beverages successful Lagos State, sentencing them to a combined full of 40 years successful prison.

The convicts are Otuorimuno Nelson Aziakpono, aged 58, and Ikegwuonu Davidson Ikechukwu, aged 28.

The tribunal recovered them blameworthy of offences linked to the production, possession, sale, and organisation of adulterated and unregistered alcoholic drinks wrong Lagos.

According to the connection by NAFDAC, the condemnation followed an enforcement cognition carried retired connected December 3, 2025, astatine Kojo Street, Ijanikin, and Vespa Market, wherever the amerciable activities were uncovered. During the operation, authorities discovered ample quantities of counterfeit and unregistered alcoholic beverages.

Items recovered included fake versions of fashionable alcoholic brands specified arsenic Hennessy, Jameson Irish Whiskey, William Lawson’s, and Gordon’s Gin.

Officials confirmed that the beverages were dangerous, misleadingly packaged, and unsuitable for consumption.

Following their arrest, the 2 suspects were charged connected 8 counts. These charges bordered connected the possession of unwholesome products, the manufacture of counterfeit alcoholic beverages, and the organisation and merchantability of fake drinks, each successful usurpation of applicable laws.

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