October 18th paraded a 40-year-old man,
Adeyemi Stephen Akintolure (pictured above),
a suspected fake medical doctor, who claimed
to be a staff of the Lagos University Teaching
Hospital, LUTH, with card No. 13541,
identifying him as a surgeon and gynaecologist.
He said he is from Ondo State, studied
Marketing at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife,
as a part-time student and graduated in 1997.
The fake medical doctor was said to have
fraudulently obtained N500,000 from one Joy
Umosekhaimhe of 2, Adesanya Close, Ifeko-
Gbagada.
Akintolure, who said he uses the wife's car as a
mobile clinic, said the money in question was
borrowed from Umosekhaimhe, adding
"actually, it was not N500,000. It was
N260,000 she lent me to use for my brother's
ailment."
According to Akintolure, "I have not treated
more than 10 people. I just treat them for
malaria and typhoid and I also give injections
too because of my experience at Rivic Hospital
at Akure."
When asked how he got the identity card, he
said he got it from a business centre and that
the computer operator signed it for him.
He said that he charges between N3,000 and
N4,000 per patient, adding that his wife was
not aware of his trade.
Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy
Superintendent of Police Ngozi Braide, said she
received a petition at the area H Police
Command Headquarters, Ogudu, on July 19,
that one Adeyemi Stephen Akintolure obtained
N500,000 from one Joy Umosekhaimhe.
Braide said that a letter was written to LUTH
on July 23 to authenticate Akintolure claims of
being a staff.
She said: "On October 10, LUTH replied that
the suspect is not an employee of the hospital
and was not issued the identity card.
"In view of the revelation, the suspect
confessed that he is not a medical doctor, but
has been practising for about four years, using
his wife's vehicle as a mobile clinic."
She said his house and vehicle were searched
and drugs, injections, syringes and laboratory
coat were recovered.
[Source: Vanguard]
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