NAFDAC seals Abuja shops for selling unregistered aphrodisiacs

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed two shops in Abuja for selling unapproved aphrodisiacs.

Tamanuwa Baba, NAFDAC deputy director, investigation and enforcement directorate, said the operation followed intelligence reports received about the shops.

He said the shops are located at the Zuba Central motor park and Utako main market.

Baba identified some of the unregistered sex enhancers as ‘Hajiya Ayesha Snuff, AK47, Bulletproof and Hajiya Aysha Maisanda’.

“The products are meant to boost sexual performance and some were said to have been manufactured in Ghana,” NAN quoted him as saying.

“NAFDAC laboratory analysis indicates that these products contain a chemical substance called Pyridine which is potentially harmful to the human body.

“We found a lot of unregistered products in the two shops. We will begin immediate investigations.”

Baba said the agency has apprehended the sales representative in the Zuba shop and would get in touch with the owner of the shop to find out where the products are being sourced.

“But from the label on the products, some of them were allegedly manufactured in Ghana,” he said.

“What the sellers are saying is that these products usually make them high and some said that they are used as aphrodisiacs.

“I can tell you that Pyridine which is the chemical that is contained in some of these products can cause cancer, skin irritation and even lead to death.”