A fake female doctor has been apprehended by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), Nwosu Angela Njide, and handed her over to the police. The arrest was carried out by Henry Okwuokenye, the head of Department of the Inspectorate Unit of the MDCN, on Wednesday, September 2, Leadership reports . Okwuokenye disclosed 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. As stated by Okwuokenye, 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 stated. The MDCN officials later found out that the fake doctor was working in Rauz Hospital, Apo, and arrested her there.
