{"id":761177,"date":"2019-12-09T15:18:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T15:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/09\/nigerian-court-sends-fake-doctor-to-54-years-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2019-12-09T15:18:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T15:18:17","slug":"nigerian-court-sends-fake-doctor-to-54-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/09\/nigerian-court-sends-fake-doctor-to-54-years-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Court Sends Fake Doctor To 54 Years In Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-714747\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/prisoner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"444\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim Mustapha, a fake medical doctor, has been jailed 54 years by a high court in Yola, Adamawa state capital, for operating with a forged medical certificate.<\/p>\n<p>Mustapha was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) in June.<\/p>\n<p>Bola Ilori, the state director of DSS, revealed that Mustapha started his fake practice as a ward attendant in Gombe state before he was employed in Adamawa.<\/p>\n<p>He was employed as the principal medical officer at the cottage hospitals in Mayo Belwa and Fufore, and was reported to have carried out several\u00a0 surgical operations on many patients since 2015 \u2014\u00a0 which left more than 15 of them reportedly dead.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Musa, the presiding judge, while delivering judgement, said the court considered Mustapha\u2019s earlier plea of guilty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Police Arrest Fake Doctor In Adamawa; Shut Down Clinic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn counts one to three, I sentenced him six months each with the option of fine of N20,000 each,\u201d the judge ruled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn count eight, I sentence him to three years imprisonment with the option of N50,000 fine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn counts four, five, six, seven and 10, I sentenced him to 10 years of prison term on each of the counts without the option of a fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the judge, the sentence will run concurrently.<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ibrahim Mustapha, a fake medical doctor, has been jailed 54 years by a high court in Yola, Adamawa state capital, for operating with a forged medical certificate. Mustapha was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) in June. 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