PH Mundial – Port Harcourt Online Newspaper News Across The Region
Related Articles
By Mandy Tina
One Echi Igbo Michael has been arrested and detained in Police custody for allegedly parading himself as a medical doctor and practicing for over two years in Rivers State.
The suspect who is said to be a graduate of Banking and Finance was arrested by the Anti-Quackery Committee led by the chairman, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Rivers State, Dr. Ebbi Robinson, secretary, Dr. Hope Avundaa, and vice chairman, Dr. Edmund Anufuro.
Our correspondent gathered that Echi Michael’s crime came to light when he fraudulently applied for NMA Rivers State ID Card with falsified documents which includes a fake MBBS Certificate from University of Port Harcourt (2017), a fake MDCN full Registration Certificate (2023) which were found to be falsified.
The suspect was apprehended on 16 March, 2024, after a period of active surveillance when he appeared for 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.
According to our correspondent the culprit has been arrested for prosecution.
