NANA Patrice, Penda George and Andee Capoel used to ply their trade in Ebonyi State and to be sure, their trade had earned them some sort of comfortable livelihood such that may not be possible for them in their country, Cameroon.
These Cameroonians had, until recently operated illegal clinics at St Mary's Catholic Church, Ekengbo and Honourable Samuel Nwali Hotel, Agubia, in Ikwo Local Government of Ebonyi State.
IT was arguably easy for them. All they needed was a little bit of grey matter deployed negatively. There were unwary citizens oblivious of their rights. There is a lax security system that could be compromised if the right price was paid so officials would look the other way. So the triumvirate moved in to exploit the lax security to make money for themselves. Incidentally, along the line, Penda George even got a modicum of prestige as bonus. He is popularly called 'doctor', and was probably accorded the respect which the label attracts in contemporary society.
HOWEVER, their run of luck was terminated recently when officials from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) arrested them. Before then, it would have been interesting to know the data of the victims and the extent of the damage which their illegal operations had wreaked on the population. But for the vigilance of NAFDAC, the police and the Nigeria Immigration Service would have allowed the illegal clinics to continue to run.
ACCORDING to Dr Paul Orhii, the Director-General of NAFDAC, these 'doctors' were arrested with six bags of assorted fake drugs labelled in Chinese language. He said "the three suspects claimed to work for Christian Ginipi, a Cameroonian based in China who sends them the fake drugs to sell. Although Dr Orhii's advice to Nigerians was that they should be wary of any product that does not have literature written in English, we think that the Nigerian state owes its citizens a duty of protection such that any product that is fake or dangerous for public consumption should not have a place in the market, and its peddlers should be apprehended and duly prosecuted.
THE nefarious activities, such as these Cameroonians practised in Ebonyi State, can only flourish in a state that is doomed that Nigeria aptly represents. We are bothered that things have deteriorated so much that even foreigners who should ordinarily be living in utmost circumspection have the effrontory and confidence to dupe Nigerians and even kill them! It will be interesting to know the various ill-fated consequences that may have befallen the victims of these Cameroonians.
WE are also interested in knowing how these Cameroonians have escaped apprehension by both the police and the Nigerian Immigration Service, the agencies that are primarily responsible for nabbing such foreigners who double as criminals in their operations. It is probably because their practice touched on health that NAFDAC was able to arrest them. We shudder to imagine how many of these foreigners are involved in various forms of criminality which the lax security system of the state have permitted. It is an indictment on the Nigerian state and the agencies whose statutory duty it is to apprehend and prosecute such criminals in the first place.
These Cameroonians had, until recently operated illegal clinics at St Mary's Catholic Church, Ekengbo and Honourable Samuel Nwali Hotel, Agubia, in Ikwo Local Government of Ebonyi State.
IT was arguably easy for them. All they needed was a little bit of grey matter deployed negatively. There were unwary citizens oblivious of their rights. There is a lax security system that could be compromised if the right price was paid so officials would look the other way. So the triumvirate moved in to exploit the lax security to make money for themselves. Incidentally, along the line, Penda George even got a modicum of prestige as bonus. He is popularly called 'doctor', and was probably accorded the respect which the label attracts in contemporary society.
HOWEVER, their run of luck was terminated recently when officials from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) arrested them. Before then, it would have been interesting to know the data of the victims and the extent of the damage which their illegal operations had wreaked on the population. But for the vigilance of NAFDAC, the police and the Nigeria Immigration Service would have allowed the illegal clinics to continue to run.
ACCORDING to Dr Paul Orhii, the Director-General of NAFDAC, these 'doctors' were arrested with six bags of assorted fake drugs labelled in Chinese language. He said "the three suspects claimed to work for Christian Ginipi, a Cameroonian based in China who sends them the fake drugs to sell. Although Dr Orhii's advice to Nigerians was that they should be wary of any product that does not have literature written in English, we think that the Nigerian state owes its citizens a duty of protection such that any product that is fake or dangerous for public consumption should not have a place in the market, and its peddlers should be apprehended and duly prosecuted.
THE nefarious activities, such as these Cameroonians practised in Ebonyi State, can only flourish in a state that is doomed that Nigeria aptly represents. We are bothered that things have deteriorated so much that even foreigners who should ordinarily be living in utmost circumspection have the effrontory and confidence to dupe Nigerians and even kill them! It will be interesting to know the various ill-fated consequences that may have befallen the victims of these Cameroonians.
WE are also interested in knowing how these Cameroonians have escaped apprehension by both the police and the Nigerian Immigration Service, the agencies that are primarily responsible for nabbing such foreigners who double as criminals in their operations. It is probably because their practice touched on health that NAFDAC was able to arrest them. We shudder to imagine how many of these foreigners are involved in various forms of criminality which the lax security system of the state have permitted. It is an indictment on the Nigerian state and the agencies whose statutory duty it is to apprehend and prosecute such criminals in the first place.
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