Police Arrest Fake LUTH Doctor

LagosState Po-lice Command, yesterday,
paraded a 40-year-old man, Adeyemi Stephen
Akintolure, a suspected fake medical doctor, who
claimed to be a staff of Lagos University Teaching
Hospital, LUTH, with card No. 13541, identifying him
as a surgeon and gynaecologist.
The fake medical doctor was also 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.”
He said he is from Ondo State, studied Marketing at
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, as a part-time
student and graduated in 1997.
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[b] Adeyemi Stephen Akintolure[/b]
obtained N500,000 from one Joy Umosekhaimhe.
Braide said that a letter was written to LUTH on July
23 to authenticate[b] Akintolure[/b] 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.