Court sentences businessman to five years in jail for producing counterfeit Goya olive oil

A federal high court in Abuja has sentenced Innocent Okoye, a businessman in Abia state, to five years’ imprisonment for manufacturing and selling counterfeit Goya Extra Virgin olive oil.   Okoye, managing director of Chikason Industrial Nigeria Limited, was convicted on two counts relating to the production and sale of the counterfeit product.   According to information from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Kehinde Ogundare, presiding judge, delivere

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