The company and its employees were charged on an amended six-count charged of the production of a killer syrup, “my pikin.” an adulterated teething medicine which lead to the death of at least 84 children. After children started dying in 2008, the mixture was found to contain engine coolant. The judge also ordered that the company be closed and its assets forfeited to the state.
The paracetamol-based syrup, used for treating sore gums, was found to have been contaminated with diethylene glycol, used as an engine coolant.It caused the babies' kidneys to fail. Meanwhile, a constitutional lawyer, Fred Agbaje who frowned at the 7years imprisonment passed on the producers of the 'my pikin' teething mixture, has proposed a 25year imprisonment or live sentence for manufacturers of adulterated drugs in the country.
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