“Yes, I’ve forged the documents as stated by the DSS boss and also done both major and minor surgical operations, including caesarian section, altogether more than 500 surgeries without causing the death of any of my patients as claimed.”
These are the words of Ibrahim Mustapha, a fake doctor now sentenced to 54 years in prison.
The bubble burst for Mustapha earlier this year when he went for an interview to be part of a medical team member for the 2019 hajj operations.
According to police authorities, he was exposed by a man who knew him in Gombe as a ward attendant in an undisclosed clinic.
A Yola High Court sentenced him after he operated illegally as a PMO in Fufore Cottage hospital, Fufore local government area of Adamawa State.
Justice Nathan Musa gave the ruling Monday December 9, following an earlier plea of guilt by Mustapha.
“On counts one to three, I sentenced him six months each with the option of fine of N20,000 each”, the judge stated.
“On count eight, I sentence him to three years imprisonment with the option of N50,000 fine. On counts four, five, six, seven and 10, I sentenced him to 10 years of prison term on each of the counts without the option of a fine.”
The Department of State Security said Mustapha caused the death of 46 patients between January and may this year but he insisted none of his patients died.
The convict has been in the DSS custody since June this year for operating patients facility without a valid document. He is said to have performed over 500 surgical operations causing the death of about 46 patients from January to May 2019
But the DSS said, “He perfected the illicit act in Gombe where he worked as a ward attendant in several clinics. He was aided by a practicing doctor who gave him sample copies of his NECO results, MBBS of Bayero University Kano, NYSC Discharge certificate and Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, annual registration license. The suspect subsequently gained employment into the Adamawa state Hospital Management Board in October 2015 as a doctor and rose to the post of PMO, serving at both the Cottage hospital Mayo-Belwa and Fufore,” the DSS said.
