Press Release: Full Laboratory Report on Quality of Suspected Plastic Rice Consignment

JOINT PRESS BRIEFING BY THE AG.DIRECTOR GENERAL, NATIONAL AGENCY FOR FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL (NAFDAC) MRS. YETUNDE ONI AND THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL, NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE, COL. HAMEED ALI (RTD) ON THE QUALITY OF THE SUSPECTED FAKE RICE CONSIGNMENT SEIZED BY NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE AT NAFDAC CORPORATE HEADQUATERS ABUJA ON 29TH DECEMBER, 2016

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It gives me great pleasure to address you today, 29th December, 2016 on the quality of the suspected fake rice seized by the men of Nigeria Customs Service. The rumour was that plastic rice was in circulation and a consignment had been seized by Customs.

Following the report of the seizure of the "suspected fake rice", by men of Nigeria Customs Service, the Agency swung into action by sending team of inspectors to the office of the Customs Area Comptroller, Federal Operations Ikeja, Lagos to draw samples from the seized consignment for Laboratory analysis. 

UPDATES: How Boko Haram kills 300 people in Borno

The dreaded Boko Haram Islamic sect were on rampage at Gamborou Ngala town in Borno State on Monday killing at least 300 people, says the reports.

Islamist Terrorists who in amoured vehicles, drove into Gamborou, a town situated along Nigeria-Cameroon border which is also the administrative headquatres of Ngala Local Government of the state, about 200 km from Maiduguri, fired sporadic shots into a crowd in a local market and wreak more havoc to the town .

A senator representing the area in the Nigeria Senate, Ahmed Zannah confirmed the killings. adding that the invaders spent 12 hours wreaking havoc on defenceless civilians.

According to him, several other persons were also injured in the attack, while almost all the houses and shops in the town were burnt down. Senator Zannah told BBC Hausa reporters that many people were wounded, while surviving victims were rendered homeless as thousands of houses and shops were burnt by the rampaging gunmen.