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  • Fake doctor arrested over death of expectant mother

    Fake doctor arrested over death of expectant mother

    The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Osun State has arrested a 32-year-old fake doctor, Toyin Oladiti, over the  death of an expectant mother.

    It was gathered that Oladiti had been operating ‘Oloruntoyin Clinic’ with his O’ Level Certificate in Ororuwo community, Boripe Local Government Area.

    A statement by the NSCDC spokesperson, Kehinde Adeleke, confirmed that Oladiti of No 2, Lakewu Area, Ororuwo, was arrested for parading himself as a medical doctor.

    She said: “He allegedly attended to deliver an expectant mother of her baby but she died in the process. Oladiti’s whose highest qualification is the Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE), has been operating an unlicensed clinic in the last six years. He also trains people in the illegal clinic.

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    “The suspect, in his confessional statement, said the deceased visited his clinic on April 15. According to him, she could not continue her antenatal care at her previous hospital because she had a misunderstanding with her husband. The self–acclaimed doctor said he checked her blood pressure which was low and gave her some drugs. He thereafter asked her to come back whenever she fell into labour.

    “On April 18, the woman began to experience labour symptoms and was in the hospital where she was delivered of a baby. She however developed some complications afterwards and was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.

    “Further discreet investigation revealed that the suspect, with N5,000, trains people to become quacks.”

  • DSS parades ‘fake doctor’ for killing 15 patients

    The Department of State Services (DSS) has paraded a man described as a fake doctor, Ibrahim Mustapha, having operated illegally under the Adamawa State government since 2015.

    DSS State Director of Security, Bola Olori, paraded the suspect yesterday in Yola, the state capital.

    He said Mustapha, who allegedly started his alleged fake practice as a ward attendant in Gombe State, was employed in Adamawa as a doctor with alleged forged medical certificates.

    Olori said: “Preliminary investigations revealed that Mustapha holds an NBTE certificate. He perfected the act in Gombe State, where he worked as a ward attendant in several clinics.

    “He was aided by a practising doctor who gave him sample copies of his NECO result, MBBS of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate and that of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) annual registration licence, all of which he forged.

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    “The suspect subsequently gained employment into the Adamawa State Health Management Board in October 2015 as a doctor and rose to the post of Principal Medical Officer, serving at the cottage hospitals in Mayo Belwa and Fufore.

    “Prior to his arrest, the suspect, in the past five years, performed hundreds of surgical operations in several hospitals in the state.

    The suspect and his accomplice have been taken into custody. They will be prosecuted after investigations.”

    The DSS director did not mention the number of casualties the suspect caused, but Governor Ahmadu Fintiri was quoted on Wednesday to have accused the suspect of causing the death of 15 people.

    The governor spoke during a ministerial briefing in Yola, saying a fake doctor who was employed in 2015 by the State Health Services Management Board was discovered to have attended a secondary school and only possessed a National Board for Technical Education (NABTEB) certificate.

    The governor said his administration will set up a committee to fish out quack doctors in the state and bring them to justice.

  • Police arrest fake medical doctor

    The police in Lagos on Monday paraded a primary school dropout, Abdulrahman Mohammed, who has practiced as a medical doctor for four years.

    Mohammed, the police said, owned a clinic at Idi-Araba area in Mushin, where he administered intravenous injections to patients and also collected blood and urine samples for diagnosis.

    But the suspect denied the allegations, insisting that he only owned a chemist shop where he sold drugs to people.

    Mohammed said he also gave people painkillers and blood capsules whenever they came to complain of headache, fever or cold.

    Parading the suspect, the state Police Commissioner, Imohimi Edgal, said Mohammed had confessed that he usually bought the drugs from Idumota.

    He said the Command would soon embark on clampdown of all unregistered drug stores in the state.

    Edgal said: “Detectives from the Area D Command, Mushin, arrested one Abdulrahman Mohammed, a native of Ran Village in Gamboru Ngala local government area of Borno State for operating as a medical doctor at 3, Bamishile Street, Idi -Araba, whereas his education stopped at primary school level.

    “Further investigation into the activities of Abdulrahman Mohammed, who has been impersonating as a medical doctor for the past four years revealed that he had been administrating intravenous injections, conducting medical test on his patients and taking urine and blood samples from his patients. He is cooperating with the police and we are working with him to ensure all unregistered drug stores are clamped down.”

    According to Mohammed, the thermometer and other medical gadgets found in his shop were used by patients.

    He said: “I was a hawker. I was hawking drugs before I decided to open a pharmacy. I did not finish my primary school and I was not taught to sell the drugs. My pharmacy was not licensed. I do not treat people. I do not collect blood or urine samples.

    “I only sell the kits and people come to buy it. For the thermometer, people used to come and check their temperature and other things by themselves. If someone comes and complained of headache and fever, I give them Panadol or Boscopan and blood tonic.”

  • ‘Fake’ doctor held for expectant mum’s death

    ‘Fake’ doctor held for expectant mum’s death

    The police have arrested a man Yonlonfun Celestine, who has been conducting surgeries and delivering babies for over a decade in Apapa, Lagos.
    Celestine, who operates “Be Well Hospital” at Tomaro, a riverine community in Liverpool, Apapa, was arrested following the death of an expectant mother and her child.
    The 39-year-old suspect, who hails from Badagry, was paraded yesterday at the Command Headquarters in Ikeja.
    Forged University of Ibadan (UI), Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) and Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) certificates, drugs and other medical equipment were recovered from him.
    Celestine said two women had died in his hospital since 2005.
    He claimed that he attended a school of nursing in Cotonou, Benin Republic, but never completed the course.
    He said: “I have always wanted to be a doctor. I dropped out of secondary school in JSS 3. I later left for Cotonou, Benin Republic. In 2003, I enrolled in a school of nursing but could not complete my course.
    “I came back to Nigeria and immediately tried to fulfil my age-long dream of becoming a doctor. I opened a clinic in my one room apartment at Tomaro in 2004, but I started practicing fully as a doctor in 2005.
    “Last year, I built my own hospital and I have helped to deliver many babies in the area. A lot of pregnant women come to my hospital to register for ante-natal.
    “Since I started I have only recorded two deaths in my hospital. I refer cases that are above me to one hospital in Tolu area of Ajegunle.
    “I was arrested after a woman and her child died in my hospital. The woman was pregnant and was at the same time convulsive. So her husband brought her to my hospital. Initially I told them that I will refer them to the hospital in Ajegunle, but her husband continued to beg me to take her in.”
    According to him, a friend helped him to produce the fake certificates found in his possession.
    He said: “I paid him N70,000 for the fake hospital documents and certificates.”
    Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni said: “We have contacted the MDCN and it said that the man is not its member. He woukd be charged to court at the end of investigation.”

  • Court rules on alleged fake doctor’s case October 31

    Court rules on alleged fake doctor’s case October 31

    An FCT High Court, Apo, will deliver ruling on October 31 in suit against a fake doctor, Ugwu Martins, for alleged making false statement to the Federal Civil Service Commission.

    The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had slammed an eight-count charge against Martins bordering on false statements and impersonation on June 28, 2015.

    Justice Abubakar Idris-Kutigi fixed the date on Monday after the Defence Counsel, Oghenovo Otemu, argued his preliminary objection dated May 20.

    Otemu, who also adopted his written address, urged the court to strike out the charges against Martins because same proceeding was going on at the Federal High Court, Abuja.

    He further said that Martins was charged with forgery, stealing and impersonation by the Inspector –General of Police.

    “The proof of evidence attached to both charges against the defendant is also the same and the offences are both punishable under the ICPC Act and Penal Code.

    “The languages and laws used are the only differences but the offences are the same,” he said.

    The prosecutor, Akponimisingha Osuobeni, who adopted written address dated May 31, argued that Martins had not been convicted in any of the courts yet.

    Osuobeni also said that Otemu had not shown to the court that the trial of the defendant was going on in any Federal High Court, adding that Otemu’s application was misconceived.

    “The preliminary objection is a distraction, and I urge the court to hold our position that the charges against the defendant in the Federal High Court are not the same with that of this court,’’ he said

    The ICPC had charged Martins with making false statement to the Chairman, Federal Civil Service Commission and presented educational certificates of Dr George Davidson to gain employment.

    Martins, however, gained employment to the Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, and earned salaries and allowances from Sept. 21 2006 to May 31, 2015 to the tune of N17.02 million

    The defendant claimed he was the next of kin to Davidson and also Davidson himself.

    He also applied for a staff Identity card with the name from the ministry and applied to participate in the 2014, Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme.

    The defendant applied for updates of his promotion arrears, annual leave, and casual leave with the name.

    The offences contravened Section 25(1) (a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and Section 132 of the Penal Code.

  • Police parade ‘fake doctor’ over abortion in Oyo

    Police parade ‘fake doctor’ over abortion in Oyo

    A TWENTY-SIX-year-old fake doctor, Akilapa Johnson, has been arrested by the police for carrying out abortion operation on a 23-year-old woman, Barakat, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

    Commissioner of Police Leye Oyebade said this while parading Johnson and 14 other suspects at the command’s headquartres in Eleyele, Ibadan.

    “The abortion was carried out in the suspect’s one bedroom apartment, which served as a clinic located in a slum at Sasa, Ibadan.

    “Shortly after the abortion, the victim developed serious complications, which resulted in her being admitted at the University College Hospital (UCH), where she is presently lying ill. Investigation revealed that the fake doctor, an Ordinary Level (School Certificate) holder, was only trained as a paramedic nurse and a first aider.

    “In spite of his limited knowledge of medicine, the suspect had consistently treated unsuspecting patients, who mistook him for a qualified doctor. Exhibits recovered from the suspects are:  two pieces of stethoscope, two pieces of Plaster of Paris bandage, four pairs of hand gloves, injection and syringe,” he said.

    The suspect, who admitted to the crime, said he had his training as a paramedic nurse in Port Harcourt, River State

    “It was one Azeez that brought Barakat to my house for the abortion. It was after the pills she took that she developed  the complication. I am regretting my actions now. I am only looking for a means of survival,” he said.

    Also, the police recovered 226 stolen bags of cements from Babatunde Umoru and Mohammed Umoru during a stop and search by the command’s Swift Response Squad along Lagos-Ibadan road.

    Oyebade said the suspects were arrested when conveying the stolen cement in a Liteace bus with registration number GBR 25 XA from Elebu to Oko-Ado area in Ibadan.

    He said:” During investigation, it was discovered that the bags of cement found in their possession were stolen from the block industry of one Lawal Amubieya at Akala area, Elebu, Ibadan.

    “Further investigation revealed that the suspects, who specialised in breaking into block industries and construction sites and stealing bags of cement, confessed to have stolen over 200 bags from two construction sites at Odo-Ona Apata and from a block industry at Elebu area between May and June, 2016. “

     

  • Police parade fake doctor for duping victims

    Police parade fake doctor for duping victims

    The  police in Oyo State  yesterday paraded a fake gynaecologist, Mrs. Damilola Ojo for allegedly defrauding her victims of over N23 million.

    Parading the suspect, the Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade, said Ojo also confessed to consulting a spiritualist to ensure that her victims believe her and give her whatever she demands for.

    According to him, she lied to her victims that she works at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, the state capital.

    Oyebade said she told her victims that she could facilitate their entry into the oil and gas business.

    However, she was also a victim as another fraudster, her spiritualist, defrauded her of N48million.

    “In what appears to be karma, Ojo was reportedly defrauded of N48million by Asifu Ajinikirun, another fraudster, who claimed to be a spiritualist.

    “The suspect was known in her church and neighbourhood as Dr. Dammy Ojo.

    “She had worked as a staff nurse in Goodswill Hospital, Oyo, where she was employed with ‘To whom it may concern’ document,”the police boss said.

    One of her victims, Funke Olagbaju, who lives in Oluyole Estate, said she met the suspect at a church programme last December and that she fell for her lies in her bid to have a child after 12 years of marriage.

    “I was told by members of the church that the woman was a gynaecologist at UCH. 

    “I have been married for 12 years without a child so I thought it was an opportunity to meet someone who could treat me.

    “I was eager to meet her. She told me at a point that I had cyst and so on. My husband paid her N86,000 and another N172, 700.

    She said: “One day, she said she would introduce me to the oil and gas business. She said many UCH staff are into the business. I gave her N1.25million and later N100,000.

    “She later refused to pick my calls, giving me untenable excuses.

    “I began to ask for my money when there was no way forward on the business but she avoided me, until my husband heard about it and involved the police.”

    Caleb Owokunle, Ojo’s  co-tenant, who lost N22million, said the suspect has a hospital beside his house in Moniya but did not suspect she was a fake doctor and a “fraudster”.

    “In the process, she told me that she had two filling stations and that I could make a fortune from the oil and gas business.

    “I did not know what got over me because I took a loan of N2million from my employer and gave it to her.

    “In all, she took everything I had, worth N22 million. I fell for her tricks because I did not listen to my wife,” Owokunle said.

  • Police parades fake doctor for duping victims

    Police parades fake doctor for duping victims

    The Oyo State Police Command on Wednesday paraded a fake gynaecologist, Mrs. Damilola Ojo, who defrauded three of her victims of over N23‎ million.‎

    The Commissioner of Police in the state, Leye Oyebade, while parading the suspect at the Eleyele Police headquaters, ‎said the fake doctor also confessed to consulting a spiritualist to ensure her victims believe her and give her whatever she demands for.

    According to him, she also lied to her victims that she worked at the University College Hospital in Ibadan.

    “The fake doctor and other suspects that the suspect collected money from to treat their fertility problem, also defraud them of huge sums. “

    Oyebade said she also defrauded her victims by telling them that she could facilitate their entry into oil and gas business. However, she was also gullible as another fraudster, her spiritualist, defrauded her of a huge sum too.

    “In what appears to be nemesis, Damilola was reportedly defrauded of the sum of N48m by Asifu Ajinikirun, another fraudster who claimed to be a spiritualist. The suspect was known in her church and neighbourhood as Dr. Dammy Ojo. She had worked as staff nurse in Goodswill Hospital, Oyo, where she was employed with ‘To whom it may concern’ document.” the police boss said.

    Reliving her ordeal, one of her victims, Funke Olagbaju, who resides in Oluyole Estate in Ibadan, said she met the suspected fake doctor at a church programme in December 2015 and that she fell to the suspect’s trap in her bid to have a child after 12 years of marriage.

    “I was told by members of the church that the woman was a gynaecologist at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. I have been married for 12 years without a child so I thought it was an opportunity to meet someone who could treat me. I was eager to meet her. She told me at a point that I had cyst and so on. My husband paid her N86, 000 and another N172, 700.

    She said, “One day, she said she would introduce me to oil and gas business. She said many UCH staff is into the business. I gave her N1.25m and later N100,000. She later refused to pick my call, giving me untenable excuse. I began to ask for my money when there was no way forward about the business but she avoided me until my husband heard about it and involved the police.”

    But for Mr Caleb Owokunle, a co-tenant of the fake doctor, who lost N22m to Mrs Ojo said she has a hospital beside his house in Moniya but did not suspect she was a fake doctor and a fraudster.

    “In the process, she told me that she had two fuel filling stations and that I could make a fortune from oil and gas business. I did not know what got over me because I took a loan of N2m from Nigerian Breweries where I work and gave it to her. In all, she took everything I had, worth N22m. I fell into her trickery because I did not listen to my wife who is very religious,” Owokunle said

     

  • Fake doctor not our employee – LUTH

    Fake doctor not our employee – LUTH

    The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Friday distanced itself from the alleged impersonator, Opeyemi Adesina who was recently nabbed by the police.

    Adesina, 43, was arrested by the Alakara Police Division for allegedly parading himself as a Consultant Gynaecologist with the hospital.

    Also discovered in his possession were seven forged certificates, which he reportedly confessed to have paid N100, 000 for their production.

    Reacting to the report, LUTH assured the public that the suspect has never worked for the hospital.
    A statement signed by the hospital’s spokesperson, Kelechi Otuneme reiterated that the institution does not employ quacks.

    “The Management wishes to reiterate that Mr. Opeyemi Adesina is not an employee of the Hospital in any capacity.  The Hospital assures the general public and its esteemed patients that quacks are not employed by the Hospital,” he said.

  • LUTH keeps mum on ‘fake’ doctor’s arrest

    LUTH keeps mum on ‘fake’ doctor’s arrest

    The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Wednesday maintained silence on the arrest of an alleged impostor by the police.

    Operatives of the Alakara Police Station nabbed one Adesina Opeyemi, 43, who was said to be a fake doctor.

    The suspect, who has allegedly practiced for three years, was nabbed with seven fake documents, the police said.

    Opeyemi, a resident of 1, Alowolodu Street, Alapere, Ketu, was said to have claimed to be a consultant Gynaecologist.

    Although it was authoritatively gathered that his arrest was sequel to a petition to the police by LUTH management, the hospital spokesman, Kelechi Otuneme declined confirming or refuting same.

    Rather, he told The Nation on telephone that he has been directed to visit Alakara Police station for further details.

    “I have been directed to go to Alakara Police Station tomorrow (today) to get more information.

    “I am not going to say anything about whether LUTH petitioned the police. I am being careful with my words and can only give you accurate information after visiting the police station,” he said.

    But the spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Dolapo Badmos, an SP, had confirmed the arrest, adding that the suspect will be charged to court for impersonation.