The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has proposed the death penalty for drug peddlers.

The Director-General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, made this call on Friday while speaking during Channels Television’s The Morning Brief.

She argued that only strict penalties would deter drug peddlers, especially when their actions result in the deaths of children.

“Somebody bought children’s medicine for about N13,000, while another person was selling it for around N3,000 in the same mall.

“That raised an alarm. Guess what? When we tested the medicine in our Kaduna lab, there was nothing inside. So, I want the death penalty.

“You don’t need to put a gun to a child’s head to kill them. Just give them bad medicine,” Adeyeye said.