The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered a suspected counterfeit alcoholic drinks manufacturing facility in Aba, Abia State, with tools, supplies and different elements valued at greater than N500 million.
The company disclosed the invention in an announcement on Monday, October 19, 2026, detailing an enforcement operation carried out at No. 25 Omenazu Street in Aba, following intelligence on suspected unlawful alcohol manufacturing actions.
The newest discovery comes lower than per week after NAFDAC introduced the seizure of counterfeit packaging supplies for alcoholic drinks and different merchandise worth over N200 million in the identical metropolis.
NAFDAC uncovers N500 million facility
According to NAFDAC, its enforcement officers raided the power after receiving credible intelligence and found that suspected counterfeit alcoholic drinks have been being produced below unhygienic situations.
The company disclosed that the person believed to be working the power escaped when its officers arrived, forsaking supplies suspected to have been used in the manufacturing and packaging of counterfeit whisky.
- “The suspected operator reportedly fled upon the team’s arrival, abandoning a vehicle in which counterfeit packaging materials bearing the names of Sir Edwards Scotch Whisky and Scottish Hills Whisky, empty bottles and a drum containing approximately 200 litres of liquid were found,” NAFDAC said.
Further inspection of the premises revealed bottle caps, sealing machines, empty bottles, cartons and storage tanks containing unidentified liquid mixtures, alongside soiled sieves allegedly used throughout manufacturing.
Officials additionally found plastic containers and 200-litre drums holding ethanol, together with some containing tree bark soaked in the substance, elevating considerations concerning the security of alcoholic drinks probably produced on the facility.
- “The estimated value of the equipment, materials and facility components is over N500 million,” the company disclosed.
NAFDAC urged Nigerians to report suspected unlawful manufacturing operations by means of its official communication channels to help ongoing enforcement efforts.
NAFDAC intensifies counterfeit alcohol crackdown
The newest discovery provides to a sequence of enforcement operations focusing on counterfeit alcoholic drinks and packaging supplies throughout main industrial centres in Nigeria.
Four days earlier, NAFDAC seized counterfeit alcoholic beverage packaging supplies valued at over N200 million during an operation targeting five shops on the Old Court Road Market in Aba, Abia State.
- In a separate operation on the International Trade Fair Complex in Lagos, the company confiscated counterfeit alcoholic beverages estimated to be worth more than N2 billion.
- The Lagos operation uncovered greater than 20 unlawful shops the place suspected counterfeiters have been allegedly mixing and imitating well-liked alcoholic drinks, extending the expiry dates of unsafe merchandise and storing prohibited imported drinks for resale.
The discoveries spotlight the size of suspected counterfeit alcohol manufacturing and distribution actions uncovered by the company throughout totally different elements of the nation.
NAFDAC enforces ban on alcohol sachets
Beyond its crackdown on counterfeit merchandise, NAFDAC has intensified enforcement towards alcoholic drinks bought in prohibited packaging codecs, notably sachets and small plastic bottles.
The enforcement measures kind a part of the company’s broader efforts to deal with the manufacturing, packaging and distribution of alcoholic drinks that fail to adjust to regulatory necessities.
