One Echi Michael parading himself as a medical doctor has been arrested in Rivers State.
Michael’s arrest was made by the State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association.
The latter’s Secretary, Dr Hope Avundaa, in a statement he released in Port Harcourt said the suspect has in the last two been posing as a medical doctor despite being a graduate of Banking and Finance from the Cross River State University of Technology.
According to Avundaa’s account, nemesis caught up with the fake doctor on Friday when he appeared for an interview for the post of Medical Officer at Port Harcourt Military Hospital, a place he has paraded himself as a staff member during his application for NMA ID Card.
“The Anti-quackery Committee led by the Chairman NMA, Rivers State, Dr. Ebbi Robinson: Secretary, Dr. Hope Avundaa and VC2 Dr. Edmund Anufuro effected the arrest and detention of Mr. Echi Igbo Michael, a graduate of Banking and Finance (CRUTECH) who has been parading himself and practising for over two years in Rivers State as a medical doctor.
“Tip-off of his crime came to light after he fraudulently applied for NMA Rivers State ID Card with falsified documents which include a fake MBBS Certificate from University of Port Harcourt (2017), a fake MDCN full Registration Certificate (2023) which were found to be falsified.
“Mr. Echi Michael was apprehended today after a period of active surveillance when he appeared for an interview for the post of Medical Officer at Port Harcourt Military Hospital, a place he has paraded himself as a staff during his application for NMA ID Card,” Avundaa wrote.
