Lagos State Government warns against repackaged expired Digestive biscuits as suspects are paraded

The Chairman of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) SP Olayinka Egbeyemi has warned members of the public to be wary of re-packaged expired digestive biscuits selling in all markets across the State.

He made disclosure today while parading 2 suspects arrested for re-packaging and selling expired digestive biscuits to members of the public around Mosafejo market in Oshodi, Lagos. He explained that one of his Officers arrested a lady (Bimbo Oyewole) at Oshodi under the bridge while she removing the expiry dates on a pack of a digestive biscuit.

The lady, upon interrogation was taken by the Task Force Official to the source of the expired digestive biscuit at N1900 per pack from one Mr. Rabiu Olalekan and Mr. Hakeem Tiamiyu. They confessed to have been doing the business and selling them to members of the public at a cheaper rate.

They sell a pack of re – packaged digestive biscuit at the rate of N1900 as against the non – expired one sold at N4500 per pack and had distributed them to various agents across the State.

Hope you have not bought one

 

Olalekan, whose address as at time of arrest was C135 Bere – Mapo,  Ibadan in Oyo State confessed to have been doing,with Mr. Hakeem Tiamiyu who lives at No 26, Oremeji Street, Ikotun – Egbe, Lagos, the business of re-packaging expired digestive biscuits and selling them to members of the public at a cheaper rate 

These suspects claimed that they bought hundreds of packs of digestive biscuits before government demolished Mosafejo market and that since they could not sell them before they expired, they decided to change the expiry dates and re-package them for the consumption of members of the public.

According to Olalekan, they normally sell a pack of re – packaged digestive biscuit at the rate of N1,900 as against the non -expired one sold at N4,500 per pack.

Both men claimed that poverty pushed them to the business and that they distributed these re-packaged expired biscuits to various agents across Lagos State.