VIDEO: NAFDAC CONFISCATES PETROL TANKERS USED FOR ‘TRANSPORTING VEGETABLE OIL’ IN LAGOS

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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has confiscated three petrol tankers transporting edible vegetable oil in Lagos State.

According to a post on X on Wednesday, the oil was purportedly trans-loaded into the tankers from an edible oil storage facility.

“Concerned about the potential health risks due to chemical contamination from the tankers’ previous use for transporting petrol, NAFDAC officials escorted the tankers to a processing facility in Sango-Ota.

“The crude soy oil was then handed over to the Southwest Zonal Office of NAFDAC for further regulatory action,” the agency stated.

In an attached video showing one of the seized tankers, a NAFDAC official said credible information revealed that the same tankers used to load vegetable oil had been used to load petroleum products.

“This is a public health issue that requires NAFDAC’s attention. That was why we immediately went to that area and we caught a truck being loaded,” the official stated.

He said the suspects were apprehended and the trucks seized for further investigation.

The official said the tankers can’t load vegetable oil “and at the same time we are seeing tags of petrol and diesel on them”.

He stated that the probe would advise the suspects of “the dangers inherent in mixing petroleum products, which we know are carcinogenic and unfit for human consumption.”

According to the agency, NAFDAC Executive Director Moji Adeyeye has formed a committee to formulate rules and a code of conduct for the marketing and distribution of edible vegetable oils in Nigeria.

NAFDAC asked the public to report any suspicious or unhealthy practices involving food and regulated products.