The Police Command paraded two suspected fake medical doctors on August 16, 2013, Friday.
The suspects were seized for operating an
unlicensed hospital named ‘Care Hospital’ at
Omotoba Street, Unity Estate, Iba, Lagos. The fake doctors identified as Gabriel Onyema
Ihejiero, 39, and Nwankwo Stephen, age
unknown, who has been employed as doctor
by Ihejiero. According to the police, on 26 July, an
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Damian
Okoro, who is the Area ‘E’ Commander, Festac
Town, received a distress call that some fake
doctors were operating in Iba area and they
were arrested. Nwankwo Stephen has said the following in
his confessional statement: “The MD (Ihejiero)
is my friend. He came to me for an advice,
then I suggested to him that we should start a
hospital business and he agreed. “I only worked for two years in his hospital
before I stopped. I was trained as an auxiliary
nurse in Ondo State for two years.” The police said their investigation revealed
that the two suspects never attended any
medical or nursing school and they have
conducted over 80 deliveries for pregnant
women in the hospital. While corroborating the Police report that they
have carried out series of surgical operations,
Stephen said: “I have delivered over 90
pregnant women and they were all
successful.” In his own confession, Ihejiero, who claimed
to be selling bond paper in Ghana before he
began the hospital business, said: “I own the
hospital located at Iba. Though I am not a
medical doctor, I employed a doctor with two
years medical experience.” Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Ngozi Braide, while speaking at the parade,
advised the public not to patronise unlicensed
hospitals and quack doctors.
The suspects were seized for operating an
unlicensed hospital named ‘Care Hospital’ at
Omotoba Street, Unity Estate, Iba, Lagos. The fake doctors identified as Gabriel Onyema
Ihejiero, 39, and Nwankwo Stephen, age
unknown, who has been employed as doctor
by Ihejiero. According to the police, on 26 July, an
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Damian
Okoro, who is the Area ‘E’ Commander, Festac
Town, received a distress call that some fake
doctors were operating in Iba area and they
were arrested. Nwankwo Stephen has said the following in
his confessional statement: “The MD (Ihejiero)
is my friend. He came to me for an advice,
then I suggested to him that we should start a
hospital business and he agreed. “I only worked for two years in his hospital
before I stopped. I was trained as an auxiliary
nurse in Ondo State for two years.” The police said their investigation revealed
that the two suspects never attended any
medical or nursing school and they have
conducted over 80 deliveries for pregnant
women in the hospital. While corroborating the Police report that they
have carried out series of surgical operations,
Stephen said: “I have delivered over 90
pregnant women and they were all
successful.” In his own confession, Ihejiero, who claimed
to be selling bond paper in Ghana before he
began the hospital business, said: “I own the
hospital located at Iba. Though I am not a
medical doctor, I employed a doctor with two
years medical experience.” Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Ngozi Braide, while speaking at the parade,
advised the public not to patronise unlicensed
hospitals and quack doctors.
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