{"id":87424,"date":"2018-07-18T15:29:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T14:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=87424"},"modified":"2018-07-18T15:29:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T14:29:33","slug":"i-am-as-guilty-as-charged-fake-medical-doctor-tells-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/i-am-as-guilty-as-charged-fake-medical-doctor-tells-court\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI am as guilty as charged,\u201d fake medical doctor tells court"},"content":{"rendered":"
A fake medical practitioner, Salisu Usman, on Wednesday confessed at an Ikeja Magistrates\u2019 Court in Lagos that he had been treating patients, posing as a qualified medical doctor.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am as guilty as charged,\u201d Usman, 28, told court.<\/p>\n
Consequently, Magistrate Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi, ordered his remand at the Kirikiri Prisons until July 20 for a review of facts and sentencing.<\/p>\n
The defendant, who pleaded for mercy, was found to be a security guard. He resides at Oluwalogbo, Isefun community in Ayobo, near Lagos.<\/p>\n
According to the Prosecutor, ASP. Ezekiel Ayorinde, Usman committed the offence on July 6 at Baden Junction in Ayobo.<\/p>\n
He said that Usman was found with a bag containing medical and surgical facilities without being a qualified medical practitioner.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe defendant, who parades himself as a medical doctor treats, dispenses, supplies, administers and sells poisonous and dangerous drugs to patients.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was found with different types of tablets, syringes, needles, injections and other medical items. But when he was asked to present his certificate or identity card, he could not.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe confessed that he was not a genuine doctor and he was therefore, taken to the police station,\u201c the prosecutor said.<\/p>\n
Ayorinde said the offence contravened Section 251(e) (f) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 which prescribes two years imprisonment for offenders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A fake medical practitioner, Salisu Usman, on Wednesday confessed at an Ikeja Magistrates\u2019 Court in Lagos that he had been treating patients, posing as a qualified medical doctor. \u201cI am as guilty as charged,\u201d Usman, 28, told court. Consequently, Magistrate Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi, ordered his remand at the Kirikiri Prisons until July 20 for a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":87425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[21674,12121,45008],"yoast_head":"\n