*He caused the death of 46 persons,
claims DSS
BY INSIDE KOGI
NEWS, LOKOJA, JUN 21, 2019
Ibrahim Mustapha, a fake doctor and
principal medical officer of Cottage hospital, Fufore in Adamawa state, has
been arrested by the Department of State Services for killing patients in the
cause of his fake practice.
He is said to have performed over 500
surgical operations causing the death of about 46 patients from January to May
2019.
Parading the fake doctor in Yola on
Thursday, DSS Director in the state, Bola Olori, said the DSS has,
"effected the arrest of one Ibrahim Mustapha, who operated illegally as a
PMO in Fufore Cottage hospital, Fufore local government area of Adamawa
state".
Mr. Olori said a preliminary
investigation revealed that Mustapha holds National Board of Technical
Education (NBTE) certificate, an equivalent of Senior Secondary School
certificate or High School.
The fake surgeon confessed to forging
MBBS credentials according to the DSS but denied causing the death of any
patient throughout his career until his arrest.
"Yes, I've forged the documents as
stated by the DSS boss and also done both major and minor surgical operations,
including caesarian section, altogether more than 500 surgeries without causing
the death of any of my patients as claimed."
But the DSS said, "He perfected the
illicit act in Gombe where he worked as a ward attendant in several clinics. He
was aided by a practicing doctor who gave him sample copies of his NECO
results, MBBS of Bayero University Kano, NYSC Discharge certificate and Medical
and Dental Council if Nigeria, annual registration license.
"The suspect subsequently gained
employment into the Adamawa state Hospital Management Board in October 2015 as
a doctor and rose to the post of PMO, serving at both the Cottage hospital
Mayo-Belwa and Fufore."
Mustapha ran out of luck when he
attended visa interview as a potential medical team member for the 2019 hajj
operations.
He was exposed by a man who knew him in
Gombe as a ward attendant in an undisclosed clinic.