Nigeria, Feb. 13 -- Drug dealers in the popular Gamboru Medicine Market in Maiduguri have raised an alarm that damaged drugs confiscated by NAFDAC were being brought back into their market.

The market was devastated by the September 10 flood that ravaged the state capital city. According to the dealers, drugs worth over N1 billion were damaged by the floodwater.

In an attempt to reduce their losses, some dealers were reported to be sun-drying the soaked drugs. Acting on tips, NAFDAC, in collaboration with the Borno State Ministry of Health, inspected the market, warehouses, and homes of the dealers and confiscated the damaged drugs, describing them as unsafe for consumption.

According to the drug dealers, the agency took the damaged dr...