A federal high court in Abuja sentences an Abia-based businessman, Innocent Okoye, to five years’ imprisonment for manufacturing and selling counterfeit Goya Extra Virgin olive oil. The court convicts him on two counts and also gives him the option of a ₦5 million fine.
The case follows an enforcement operation by Nigeria’s food and drug regulator, NAFDAC, in April 2026, when officials uncover an alleged illegal production facility in Aba and seize samples for laboratory analysis. NAFDAC says it later links the operation to Okoye’s prosecution, and it had earlier warned consumers about counterfeit Goya olive oil being sold in PET plastic bottles and presented as genuine imported products.
Across the outlets, the core facts—court, sentence length, NAFDAC’s role, and the counterfeit product involved—are consistent. Some coverage adds details about the alleged production method or specific enforcement context, while others keep to a tighter account of the conviction and sentencing.
