This Fake Doctor Deceives Pregnant Woman In Lagos Taking Delivery Of Babies

This man who holds a secondary school
certificate, Stephen Nwankwo, but worked as a
doctor in a fake hospital has been arrested
alongside the owner of the hospital. Nwankwo
said they took delivery of over 90 babies
within the two years he worked in the hospital
established by 39-year-old Gabriel Onyema,
another secondary school leaver.
"There was a delivery we started about 8
am but did not end until 4 pm. The
woman lost a lot of blood. When the
baby did not come out on time, we used
hand to pull the baby out .”
The two suspects spoke with journalists while
being paraded on Friday at the Lagos State
Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja.
Lagos Police spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, said
Nwankwo and Onyema were arrested by
officers of Area ‘E’ Police Command, FESTAC
Town, after a pregnant woman, who had gone
to the hospital, died during labour.
40-year-old Nwankwo claimed he was an
auxiliary doctor in a hospital in Ondo State
before he moved to Lagos, where he was
employed by Onyema.
But while being questioned by journalists, it
turned out that he was only a non-medical
employee in the unnamed hospital.
Nwankwo said, “I worked in a hospital in Ondo
State sometime ago. I finished from a
secondary school before getting a job in Care
Hospital, Iba.
“I met Gabriel (Onyema) in the house where he
was living in Iba and told him the house was
good for a hospital. We then teamed up and
entered into a partnership with another man,
Dr. Abayomi. Gabriel later said I should start
working in the hospital as a doctor as well. We
undertook up to 90 deliveries."
On his part, the second fake doctor, Onyema,
said he lives mostly in Ghana “where I sell
bond papers.”
Asked if the hospital was registered, he said,
“Work is ongoing on the registration.” He
stated, “I don’t really know all the details of
what the doctors I employed there do. They
are in the best position to tell you since I was
always in Ghana.”
When journalists asked if he was aware his
employees perform illegal procedures in the
hospital, Onyema said, “Ask me a valid
question.” He refused to answer questions
onwards.