Tobinco boss arrested
The Chief Executive Officer of Tobinco, Samuel Tobin has been arrested and detained at the Nima Police Station, Asempa FM can confirm.
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It is not clear yet what he has been detained for but it may be related to recent media reports about the importation of fake drugs into the country by Tobinco.
The Pharmaceutical giants have been in a tussle with the FDA over reports it imported fake drugs into the country.
Tobinco has vehemently denied the allegation but conceded the G-Sunate plus it imported into the country was yet to be clinically tested on humans and was yet to be registered by the Regulator.
The FDA proceeded to lock Warehouses belonging to Tobinco, an action the pharmaceutical giant believed was a witch-hunt.
The controversy was taken to the Presidency, the Judiciary and Parliament in an attempt to resolve the impasse.
The Chief Executive Officer of FDA Stephen Opuni was only Saturday reasigned to head the COCOBOD. It is not clear if the reappointment had anything to do with the ongoing controversy.
On Monday, the CEO of Tobinco was also detained, Asempa FM reported on its Ekosii-sen programme.
Even though a close source confirmed the detention he was not ready to go on record. The source say lawyers are working feverishly to secure bail for Tobin.
