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A 37-year-old fake medical practitioner, with suspected forged certificates has been arrested by the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos.
His arrest was confirmed on Tuesday by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of the zone, Olatoye Durosinmi, while parading the suspect before newsmen in Lagos.
He revealed that operatives of the Zonal Anti-Piracy Unit arrested the suspect, who claimed to be the Managing Director of Skylink Medical Centre in Ikorodu.
Durosinmi said, “Based on the intelligence gathered by the command through members of the Elepe community concerning the activities of the suspect, a team of detectives, led by SP Mariam Ogunmolasuyi, swung into action.
“The officers arrested the suspect, conducted a search and recovered two suspected forged certificates of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State and Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN). Also recovered were immovable hospital equipment.”
He further revealed that the hospital complex had been sealed, pending the outcome of an ongoing investigation.
Durosinmi said that the suspect confessed to the electronic production of the certificates and that he neither obtained any degree from the university nor any certificate from MDCN.
According to him, the suspect possesses only a West African School Certificate qualification.
The AIG said the suspect confessed that he had a total of six members, two of whom were trained nurses, while four were amateurs.
He added, “According to him, he worked as a Nursing Assistant at Fabo Medical Centre in the Majidun area of Lagos before establishing his own hospital.”
The AIG further stated that the suspect claimed to have successfully carried out three operations: two caesarean sections and appendicitis, during his three years of unlawful medical practice.
Durosinm said the investigation so far revealed that the suspect had been operating the hospital without being a qualified medical practitioner.
He appealed to members of the public not to hesitate to give information to the police whenever they suspect any unlawful, especially as it relates to the medical profession.
Durosinm assured that the command was working with the ministries of health in Lagos and Ogun States to rid the zone of criminal elements parading as medical profession.
Speaking to journalists, the suspected fake medical doctor confirmed that he had been carrying out general treatments and surgeries.
According to him, he learnt how to carry out general treatment for two-and-a-half years from someone before establishing his hospital.
“I am just a secondary school certificate holder but I forged the MBBS certificate,” the suspect confessed.
(NAN)
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