The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has debunked the news making the rounds that the deceased youth service corp member previously at NYSC Orientation Camp, Agwu, Enugu State, died of effects of substandard and falsified medicines.
The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, in a statement indicated that ppreliminary investigations revealed that the corp member was brought to the NYSC Camp clinic aided by two other corp members on Wednesday 7th October 2026 at about 9:00 p.m with symptoms suggestive of severe malaria in a known peptic ulcer disease patient.
According to her, the deceased was, however, stabilised with intramuscular antimalarial and other supportive medications given intravenously, following which he was placed on bed rest for observation till Thursday morning when he was discharged with oral medications.
The Director-General maintained that corp member came back unaided on Saturday, 10th October, with complaints of right thigh pain for which he was asked to see a physiotherapist.
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Adeyeye stated that his profuse sweating caught the attention of the medical doctor, who measured his blood pressure and found it to be low (80/40mmHg), and that he was stabilised with intravenous Normal Saline.
She further stated that serial monitoring showed recurrent episodes of hypotension, adding that this development, coupled with poor urine output despite adequate fluid resuscitations prompted his referral to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State in an ambulance accompanied by another doctor.
The NAFDAC boss further clarified: “He went into coma at about the time of arriving at UNTH. All efforts at resuscitating him failed.
“His friend later informed the Camp clinic doctor that his deceased friend was vomiting for two days after the initial admission at the camp. The doctor was not aware of this development.
“It is instructive to note that same medications given to the deceased were also administered to several other patients in the camp who got well after receiving their treatments. The medical doctors, pharmacists, and other healthcare workers at the camp clinic not only prescribed but also used the medications by themselves at different times.
“The doctors believed that the cause of death was acute kidney injury secondary to severe dehydration and shock”, Adeyeye added.
She added that in the meantime, NAFDAC officers had visited the clinic, interviewed the doctors and other staff and taken samples of the medications for further necessary actions which includes laboratory analysis.
While expressing the agencies’ commiseration with the family of the late youth corp member and praying that God grants the family the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss, Adeyeye enjoined the public to remain calm as the agency was taking all necessary steps to ensure that all medicines made available to the public are safe, of good quality and efficacious.
