Nigeria, Oct. 30 -- A former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, has urged the National Assembly to amend relevant laws on counterfeit products to prescribe stiffer penalties for those involved in the production and distribution of fake drugs and other adulterated goods in Nigeria.

Mr Metuh, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Director of Mobilisation and Organisation of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors (RHA), recommended longer prison sentences and asset forfeiture for anyone convicted of producing or distributing counterfeit products.

He made the call in a statement on Friday while reacting to the conviction of Innocent Okoye by the Federal High Court in Abia State fo...