Three arraigned for adulterating herbal products

Three men were on Thursday arraigned before an
Ejigbo Magistrate's court, Lagos State, for
allegedly producing and selling adulterated trado-
medical products of Yem-kem International and
Bang Amos and Limited.
Christopher Onu,32, Egbe Emmanuel,28A and
Chinedu Nweke, 28 were said to have been caught
at 47 Engineer Roy Street, Ijan Ishefun Ayobo,
Lagos with Osomo Bitters and Ogidiga African
Liquor.
They were arraigned on three counts of
adulteration and forgery
The prosecutor, Inspector ASP One, told the
Magistrate, Mrs. M.B Folami, that the accused
were caught with 20 gallons of Oshomo products,
30 cartons of Ogidiga, a generator and a gas
cooker, among other things, which they used to
process the adulterated products.
The charge sheet read in part, "That you, Egbe
Emmanuel, and Chinedu Nweke, m, on the 16thof
May, 2013 at about 3.00pm at No 47 Engineer Roy
Street, Ijan Ishefun Ayobo Lagos in the Lagos
Magisterial District did conspire together to
adulterate Ogidiga African Liquor and Osomo
Bitters, Products of Bang Amos and Company
Limited and Yem-kem International Limited.
"That you, Egbe Emmanuel and Chinedu Nweke,
on the same date, time and place in the aforesaid
magisterial district did forge label of Bang Amos
and Company Limited and Yem-kem International
Limited."
The offence was said to have contravened sections
409 and 158 (2) of the criminal Law of Lagos
State, 2011.
The men pleaded not guilty to the three counts.
There was however a little interruption in the
proceeding, as two lawyers argued over who would
represent the three defendants.
The two later agreed to share them, and appealed
to the magistrate to grant the accused bail in the
most liberal terms.
Folami ruled that for the accused to be admitted
on bail, they must pay N500,000 each with two
responsible sureties in like sum