After a bust at a fake liqour den, Nigerians have been making fun of all the fake items in their houses

While making the revelation in Abuja, the Director-General of the agency, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye said NAFDAC carried out several weeks of intelligence gathering and collation of data on the activities of the so-called ‘merchants of death’, in collaboration with other security agencies.

The NAFDAC boss said that the agency carried out the sting operation in the market to burst the criminal operation taking place there.

“It is worthy of note that this dastard act has been going on for a long time and that they operate like a cartel, threatening anyone who dares to challenge them, " she told the media. 

Prof Adeyeye also added that some of the nefarious activities of the counterfeiters included the manufacture of all kinds of adulterated products, especially different kinds of wine from a wide variety of brands, ranging from Seaman, Schnapps, Hennessy, Four Cousins, and Carlo Rossi.

Others mentioned in the bust were; Jenney, Chelsea London dry gin, Schnapp dry gin, McDowells, Black Label, Gordons, Martell, Campari, Smirnoff Ice, Eva Non-Alcoholic drink, Evra non-alcoholic drink, Cartel and others.

According to the Director-General, over 1,500 cartons of fake and substandard products were destroyed during the operation while 300 cartons were evacuated to the NAFDAC warehouse. 

It was also revealed that the street value of the confiscated and destroyed fake products was estimated at over N750 million (Ksh. 146 Million).

Immediately after the news spread across Nigerian social media, users of the popular microblogging website X (formerly Twitter) took to the platform to share their own experiences with counterfeit products with many even sharing memes and actual photos of their hilarious purchases many of which now turned out to be fake.

Nigerians, ever the interesting lot, have now filled X with countless photos of various stuff they bought in the past and had hitherto not known it was fake until the NAFDAC enlightening.

One user shared a photo of an 'Open Up' tube of toothpaste - an obvious 'Close Up' knockoff.

Is this a joke to you?😂😂 https://t.co/rcmH1XFAOn pic.twitter.com/n7p2MJEFXg

Another user shared a bottle of counterfeit 'Baileys' cream which clearly shows the difference from the original - the wordings, the artwork and the coloring on the stickers are all different.

What I have in my house. What I saw on the net.

Omo. https://t.co/HMxHnz4nJS pic.twitter.com/yfQZS3Fer6

Yet another bunch of users revealed that, all along, they'd been using fake soy sauce. While the original brand of popular Nigerian soy sauce is AMOY, people discovered that they'd been buying AMOYS, AMOI, AMQY and even AMOY’c.

One user also almost broke the internet after sharing a photo of the 'Vaseline' she had been using all along. Upon closer inspection, it clearly appears that she had been using 'Vesalina' all along, without ever noticing.

Another interesting discovery happened to be that of popular wine 'Four Cousins'. Now, users shared images of the wine they'd been buying unwittingly.

It ranged from 'Nice Cousins' to 'Rich Cousins' to 'Four Brothers'.

Nigerian chef Courage Momo even shared a shocking photo of what a certain food company was using as part of their ingredients, writing, "Do you know how audacious it is to add "witchcraft" as part of your ingredient list? They don't even need audacity! They feed on your ignorance! They know you won't check so why bother?"

The photo clearly shows that, alongside starch, breadcrumbs, tachini, lemon and fibre, 'witchcraft' was also used to prepare the said food item.

User @Ben_X captured it best when he said, "Imagine being frustrated with life and you decide to commit suicide, but end up drinking fake poison. Instead of killing you, the poison gives you strong erection! This Nigeria O!"