Sellers fry akara with mixed transformer oil, sniper used on dry fish in Nigeria -Twitter user reveals

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"People frying akara with transformer oil, using sniper on dry fish..." scientists allegedly reveal shocking discoveries made during an Abuja market inspection

Being revealed here are some alleged shocking discoveries made during an unscheduled visit paid to some markets in the Utako and Garki area in Abuja, Nigeria on Wednesday June 12 by members of the Nigerian Food Sciences and Technology Institute.

From traders mixing vegetable oil with transformer oil to fry Akara, to some traders using Sniper to keep flies away from dried fish; some of the reported discoveries are quite shocking. Read the tweets below:

"People frying akara with transformer oil, using sniper on dry fish..." scientists allegedly reveal shocking discoveries made during an Abuja market inspection

NOTE: This platform has not verified the authenticity of this story. We are aware that this story was exchanged on WhatsApp medium yesterday. In fact, it is the WhatsApp story that Marie-Therese broke into pieces on Twitter and being reproduced here so that if it is true, Nigerians would have reasons to be careful buying prepared food on the street.

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