Nigeria, March 3 -- A Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted two men for producing and distributing adulterated alcoholic beverages, sentencing them to a combined 40 years' imprisonment.

The conviction was announced by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on its X account on Monday, following an enforcement operation conducted on 3 December 2025 at Kojo Street, Ijanikin, and the Vespa Market in Lagos.

The convicts, Otuorimuno Nelson Aziakpono, 58, and Ikegwuonu Davidson Ikechukwu, 28, were found guilty of offences relating to the production, possession, sale and distribution of adulterated and unregistered alcoholic drinks.

According to NAFDAC, enforcement officers recovered counterfeit and unreg...