First Female Fake Doctor Arrested In Abuja

First fake female doctor, Nwosu Angela Njide.

Leadership reports that the arrest was carried out by Henry Okwuokenye, the head of Department of the Inspectorate Unit of the MDCN, on Wednesday, September 2.

It is worth mentioning that it is the first successful arrest of the first female fake doctor on the record of the MDCN.

Okwuokenye revealed that the woman who is in her 30s had confessed to have worked in different places, including the British American Tobacco clinic in Ibadan, the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital and eventually in Rauz Hospital, Apo in Abuja.

Okwuokenye said that more than a year ago the fake doctor went to Oyo state to register for her license to practice medica servoces at the ministry of health under the Oyo State Director. However, officials of the ministry became suspicious of her qualifications and went to the MDCN to verify the authenticity of her claims.

Nwosu claimed to have graduated from medical school 2005 at University of Nigeria but failed to answer simple questions any medical student is expected to know.

After the Oyo state ministry of health had refused to register her, the woman relocated to Abuja, and went on her own to the MDCN to register for her license.

“Nwosu came to the council to apply for a new folio number, unique to every practicing doctor in Nigeria, in attempt to get full registration.

“We checked and she was not on the list. She claimed to have graduated from UNN, but we went to verify and we discovered that it was all lies. As at this time she was on the run,” Okwuokenye said.

After that, the MDCN officials found out that the fake doctor was working in Rauz Hospital, Apo, and arrested her there.

A month ago, police arrested a fake doctor who had worked many years with the Federal Ministry of Health using fake credentials.