The Zone XI Police Command
in Osogbo on Thursday said it had arrested a 30-year-old suspected fake medical
doctor, Rafiu Naheem, in Inisa, Odo Otin Local Government Area of Osun.
According to a release by
the command’s Spokesperson, SP Adekunle Ajisebutu, the suspect was arrested by
detectives attached to the Criminal Investigation Department of the Zone XI
Police Command.
Ajisebutu said the suspect,
a school certificate holder, without a formal training, had been operating an
unregistered clinic in a one-bedroom mud apartment, treating unsuspecting
patients of different ailments.
“Intelligence revealed that
the suspect had been placing patients on admission, and had been procuring
abortions and handling very complex medical conditions, which he lacks
professional expertise to handle.
“He was thereby endangering
the precious lives of innocent people who patronised him,” he said.
He said the suspect
confessed to the crime but blamed his action on joblessness, adding that the
suspect also revealed that although he had no certificate, he learned auxiliary
nursing at a yet-to-be identified private hospital.
“When a search was
conducted in his illegal ‘clinic’ located in a filthy environment at Inisa
area, Odo Otin Local Government Area of Osun State, the following items were
recovered: stethoscope, sphygmomanometer (blood pressure gauge), drips,
injection and syringe.
“Others are: circumcision
set, HCG Pregnancy Rapid Test (urine) Accurate, scalpel and other theater
instruments, drips, thermometer, analgesic and assorted drugs,” he said
While appreciating
strategic partners who gave the hint that led to the arrest of the suspect, the
AIG Zone XI, Mr Adeleye Oyebade, urged members of the public to be wary of
quacks masquerading as medical doctors to save themselves from avoidable death.
He said that the suspect
would be arraigned in court immediately.
News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) reports that the Police Zone XI Command Osogbo covers Osun, Ondo and Oyo
States.
(NAN)
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