of its members accused of selling Rohypnol to
the suspected killers of Cynthia Osokogu.
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, has
petitioned the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, to
properly review the case to ensure that pharmacists
were not persecuted wrongly.
Briefing newsmen in Lagos yesterday, the PSN
National President, Mr. Azubike Okwor said the
Society had critically appraised all the issues at stake,
noting that although the PSN was not trying to
interfere with the ongoing police investigation, it was
advocating that if the suspects were not found guilty
of the crime of rape and armed robbery, they should
be handed over to the Pharmacists' Council of Nigeria,
PCN, for proper discipline for selling drugs without
prescription.
He said: "If the liability of the two pharmacists was
limited to the sales or alleged sale of Rohypnol to
clients they do not know and never collaborated in the
condemnable crime, then it would be logical to believe
there might have been breaches of professional
ethics".
He added that the law provides that such matters are
dealt with by the pharmacists Council of Nigeria.
"If found guilty only for selling the drug without
prescription should be handed over to the
Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria, PCN, for discipline.
We have reviewed the cases and we cannot
understand why they are charged.
"If they have sold the drugs without prescription,
there is a procedure already in place that provides
how such matters are dealt with by the PCN.
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