Abia businessman jailed 5 years for producing fake Olive oil

An Aba based businessman, Mr. Innocent Okoye, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment over the manufacturing and sale of fake Olive oil, Goya, in Abia State.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), in a statement, yesterday, disclosed that Justice K. O. Ogundare of the Federal High Court, Umuahia Division, delivered the judgement on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
Okoye, who is the Managing Director of Chikason Industrial Nigeria Limited, Aba,   was found guilty on two counts. The charges bordered on the manufacture and sale of counterfeit Goya Extra Virgin Olive Oil, a product widely used in Nigeria.
The court sentenced him to five years impr...