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Old video of Lagos illegal drug factory raid recirculates online

Nurudeen Akewushola
Nurudeen Akewushola
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A VIDEO showing security operatives uncovering an alleged illegal drug factory has resurfaced on social media with a claim that a factory producing fake malaria drugs was recently discovered in Ikotun, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.

An X user, A D É K Ú N L É, with the handle @kunle_pata, made the claim with a caption:

“A factory producing fake malaria drugs was found in Ikotun 😭😭😭”

He later quoted the post with a caption:

“The name of the wicked man is Emeka Madu, alongside four other men. This is wickedness.”

The video itself contains a text overlay claiming:

“Emeka Madu arrested for making Fake Malaria Drugs in an uncompleted building in Ikotun Lagos. Emeka and 4 other men were arrested at the site where they were manufacturing fake drugs to sell to Nigerians.”

The posts had generated over 94,000 views, 960 reposts, 1,000 likes and 181 comments at the time of filing this report.

CLAIM

A video shows the recent discovery of a factory producing fake malaria drugs in Ikotun, Lagos State.

screenshot of the viral post

FINDINGS

Findings by The FactCheckHub show that the claim is MISLEADING.

A reverse image search conducted on keyframes from the viral video traced the footage to an earlier report published by Channels Television on 15 December 2018.

The original video showed officers of the Nigeria Police Force uncovering an illegal drug factory in the Ikotun area of Lagos, where suspected counterfeit drug manufacturers were arrested.

According to the report, security operatives raided the facility, where suspected fake drugs were allegedly being produced, packaged and distributed to different parts of the country.

The police arrested Emeka Madu, also known as Cabara, who was identified as the alleged owner and leader of the group operating the suspected illegal drug factory. Other suspects arrested were Eze Young, Chijoke Umunna and Kingsley Obilo.

The police said the suspects were arrested while allegedly producing suspected fake drugs using machines fabricated for processing, manufacturing and packaging the products.

However, contrary to the impression created by the viral posts, the incident did not occur recently. The footage has been publicly available since December 2018.

VERDICT

The claim that the video shows a recent discovery of a factory producing fake malaria drugs in Ikotun, Lagos State, is MISLEADING. The footage dates back to December 2018 and shows police uncovering a suspected illegal drug factory and arresting alleged counterfeit drug manufacturers in Ikotun.

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Nurudeen Akewushola is a fact-checker with FactCheckHub. He has authored several fact checks which have contributed to the fight against information disorder. You can reach him via nyahaya@icirnigeria.org and @NurudeenAkewus1 via Twitter.

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