The Lagos State Police Command on
Thursday 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.
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