Michael
Akorful Onyeagolo who claimed to be a medical practitioner with a popular
hospital in Festac Lagos, was yesterday arrested by the Medical and Dental
Council of Nigeria and Lagoa State Health Facility Monitoring Agency (HEFAMA)
for impersonation. Onyeagolo 28, aka Dr. Hilary Abiwu, confessed that he was
not a medical doctor. He said he stole the certificates from a doctor in Ghana.
Akorful Onyeagolo who claimed to be a medical practitioner with a popular
hospital in Festac Lagos, was yesterday arrested by the Medical and Dental
Council of Nigeria and Lagoa State Health Facility Monitoring Agency (HEFAMA)
for impersonation. Onyeagolo 28, aka Dr. Hilary Abiwu, confessed that he was
not a medical doctor. He said he stole the certificates from a doctor in Ghana.
Michael who hails from Imo State had been practising until
nemesis caught up with him when he mismanaged a patient who was brought to the
hospital. He said, “I was in school in Ukraine but could not graduate. I ran
away from the school because I was to be arrested for being a witness to a
crime. I went out to a joint with my friends one day and there was a fight. In
the course of the fight, somebody died. The police arrested the guy and were
looking for me. So I ran away.” On how he began to practice, he said a friend
of his name Obinna Uche, a businessman gave him the certificates with which he
had been working.
nemesis caught up with him when he mismanaged a patient who was brought to the
hospital. He said, “I was in school in Ukraine but could not graduate. I ran
away from the school because I was to be arrested for being a witness to a
crime. I went out to a joint with my friends one day and there was a fight. In
the course of the fight, somebody died. The police arrested the guy and were
looking for me. So I ran away.” On how he began to practice, he said a friend
of his name Obinna Uche, a businessman gave him the certificates with which he
had been working.
“When I ran away from the school, I went to meet my friend
Obinna who gave me the documents. So, I came down to Nigeria and obtained a
licence to practice.” Michael after much interrogation, by Dr. Okwuokenye Henry
and Dr. Theophilus Ajayi, admitted that he stole the certificates by himself
from Dr. Abiwu Hilarious. Dr. Henry Okwuokenye, HOD, Inspectorate Department of
MDCN who led the team, said the certificate was not given to Michael by
anybody, adding that he lived with Dr. Abiwu for two months and stole the
doctor’s certificates. “From our investigation, it was revealed that he stole
the documents from Dr. Abiwu who resides in Ghana.
Obinna who gave me the documents. So, I came down to Nigeria and obtained a
licence to practice.” Michael after much interrogation, by Dr. Okwuokenye Henry
and Dr. Theophilus Ajayi, admitted that he stole the certificates by himself
from Dr. Abiwu Hilarious. Dr. Henry Okwuokenye, HOD, Inspectorate Department of
MDCN who led the team, said the certificate was not given to Michael by
anybody, adding that he lived with Dr. Abiwu for two months and stole the
doctor’s certificates. “From our investigation, it was revealed that he stole
the documents from Dr. Abiwu who resides in Ghana.
When Michael came to us, he presented himself as the owner of
the documents and registered for our assessment examination that is done by all
trained foreign medical doctors. He did the examination twice and failed and on
the third sitting, he passed and we gave him a provisional licence. In the
process of verifying his documents, we discovered that his certificates were
stolen from another doctor in Ghana.
the documents and registered for our assessment examination that is done by all
trained foreign medical doctors. He did the examination twice and failed and on
the third sitting, he passed and we gave him a provisional licence. In the
process of verifying his documents, we discovered that his certificates were
stolen from another doctor in Ghana.
We contacted the Medical and Dental Council Ghana who gave us
the relevant documents and the real photograph of the doctor, who also wrote to
us.” “Since then, we have been looking for him until report came to us that he
mismanaged a patient. That was how we got his address.” Okwuokenye advised all
quack doctors in Nigeria to desist from their evil practices adding, that the
Registrar (MDCN), Dr. Ibrahim Abdumumin had vowed to rid the society of quacks
in the medical field.
the relevant documents and the real photograph of the doctor, who also wrote to
us.” “Since then, we have been looking for him until report came to us that he
mismanaged a patient. That was how we got his address.” Okwuokenye advised all
quack doctors in Nigeria to desist from their evil practices adding, that the
Registrar (MDCN), Dr. Ibrahim Abdumumin had vowed to rid the society of quacks
in the medical field.
Source: Sun
