hehehehe....The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 32-year-old Nonlonfun
Celestine, a Junior Secondary School dropout for allegedly parading
himself as medical doctor.
The suspect was
paraded on Monday in Lagos by the state Commissioner of Police, Fatai
Owoseni. The father of two met his waterloo when he conducted a surgery
on a pregnant woman who died alongside her baby.
The
family of the deceased, who were angered by the death of their daughter
and grandchild, wrote a petition to the State Criminal Investigation
Department, Panti, Yaba to investigate the sudden death of the woman and
her child. They said they suspected foul play.
When police operatives stormed the clinic, it was discovered that the
suspect, who hails from Badagry in Lagos State, had been parading
himself as a medical doctor with fake certificates.
Investigations revealed that the University of Ibadan Bachelor of
Medicine and Surgery certificate, certificate of annual practicing
license from the Medical and Dental Association of Nigeria and the
Certificate of Registration of Business from the Corporate Affairs
Commission, with which he had registered his hospital, were all fake.
Celestine said he was enrolled in an auxiliary nursing school in Benin Republic before returning to Nigeria.
Celestine said: “I am from Lagos State but my mother is from Benin
Republic. I lived with my mother for over 18 years over there and it was
in the country I graduated with a certificate of auxiliary nursing and
returned to join my father in Nigeria in 2004. I started selling drugs
at Badagry but later moved to Tomaro in Apapa area where I started a
clinic and taking care of the sick within the community.
“The pregnant woman was brought to the clinic by her husband and her
brother at about 4am on November, 12. She was convulsing seriously. I
administered first aid treatment but she didn’t get better. About four
hours later, I called her husband to take her to another hospital for
proper medical assistance, but he begged me to continue trying my best
because he didn’t have enough money to take her.
“He gave me N8,000 to continue with the treatment and left and came
back at about 8pm. I carried out a surgery on the woman and she gave
birth to a baby boy who died almost immediately he was delivered?
“Two hours after, the mother also died. I called the husband who was
at the waiting room and gave him the news. He was bitter about it. He
however came with his family member to take her remains and the dead
baby for burial.
“I learnt the woman was
buried the following day. I was surprised when some men came to my
clinic to look for me. When I stepped out of my office to see who the
person was, it was then I discovered they were police officers.
“The policemen then told me they had received a petition about my
illegal operation of a hospital in the area by the community leaders and
I was arrested. Unfortunately for me, when I was about taking money
from my drawer to bribe the policemen, my fake medical certificate fell
off and the policemen picked it up and asked where I got it from and I
told them it wasn’t original that I paid to get it from a friend when I
wanted to register my clinic.
“I presented
my certificate to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration of
my clinic but they turned it down. So I had to pay N35,000 to a friend
to get the fake certificates. I did not kill woman and the baby
intentionally.”
Owoseni stated that the suspect would be charged to court after completion of investigation.
No comments:
Post a Comment