A 37-year-old fake medical practitioner, with suspected forged certificates, has been arrested by the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos.
\nOlatoye Durosinmi, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG, in charge of the zone, confirmed the arrest on Tuesday while parading the suspect before reporters in Lagos.<\/p>\n
He said that operatives of the Zonal Anti-Piracy Unit arrested the suspect, who claimed to be the Managing Director of Skylink Medical Centre in Ikorodu.
\nAccording to him \u201cBased 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\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso recovered were immovable hospital equipment,\u201d he said, adding that the hospital complex had been sealed, pending the outcome of the investigation.
\nDurosinmi said the suspect confessed to the electronic production of the certificates, as he neither obtained any degree from the university nor any certificate from MDCN.<\/p>\n
He said that the suspect possesses only West African School Certificate, WASC qualification.<\/p>\n
The police chief said that part of the suspect\u2019s confession was that he had a total of six members, two of whom were trained nurses, while four were amateurs.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccording to him, he worked as a Nursing Assistant at Fabo Medical Centre in the Majidun area of Lagos before establishing his own hospital,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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