According to Ngozi Braide, PRO Lagos State Police command,the suspect presented a certificate of annual practicing license purportedly issued to him by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.
She said, “Upon interrogation, Akintolure identified himself as a doctor at LUTH and tendered his LUTH identity card with no 13541. He claimed to be a surgeon and gynaecologist at LUTH.
“A letter was written to the hospital to authenticate his claims and LUTH replied that he was not an employee. The suspect subsequently confessed that he was not a doctor but had been practicing for four years, using his vehicle as a mobile clinic.
“Drugs, injections, syringes, stethoscope, a blood pressure monitor and a lab coat were recovered from his home when it was searched.”
However, Akintolure claimed to have treated malaria and typhoid and had charged N4,000 for his services. He also denied defrauding Umosekhaimhe of N500,000.
He said, "“I borrowed only N260,000 from Umosekhaimhe, not N500,000. The money was used to care for my brother, who is suffering from a kidney disease. I am actually a graduate; I studied Marketing on a part time basis at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and graduated in 1997.
“I got my medical experience at a hospital in Akure, where I was employed as the personal assistant to a doctor but also worked as an auxiliary nurse. I know I’m not meant to be practicing medicine but I have never killed anyone before. I only took to medicine because of unemployment.
“I also don’t treat pregnant women. I just treat typhoid and malaria at the cost of N4,000. Sometimes I administer injections"
Lol...wonders shall neva end.
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