
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has successfully arrested an imposter Medical doctor who was practicing at Yariman Bakura specialists Hospital, Gusau, in Zamfara state.
According to the Civil Defence Public Relations Officer, Ikor Oche, the suspect, identified as Muhammad Naziru Mode, had been operating under the fake name as “Dr. Ibrahim” or “Dr. IBB.”
For a period of three months, Mode presented himself as a gynaecologist and examined patients, including married women, at the Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital.
He affirmed that Mode, who hails from Yar hanya area in Gusau, defrauded many patients by presenting himself as a doctor in the Department of Gynecology.
Muhammad Nazir Mode, while speaking to journalists, tearfully confessed to the deception, attributing it to a mistake, and pleaded guilty and claimed to be originally a tailor in the Tudun Wada area of Gusau,
The Civil Defence Public Relations Officer announced that the suspect would be subject to prosecution as soon as the investigation was completed.