Muhammad Naziru Mode an impostor who parades himself as a gynecologist working with the Yarima Bakura Specialist Hospital in Gusau has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Zamfara State Command.
The corps public Relations Officer, SC Ikor Oche, paraded the suspect on the charge of impersonation contrary to section 484 of the Penal code. The spokesperson said the suspect was arrested following credible intelligence and tip-offs.
According to Oche, the 26-year-old suspect who calls himself “Dr. IBB” visited the hospital daily to attend to vulnerable patients, mainly in the gynecological wards.
“The suspect who is by name Muhammad Naziru Mode (who is also known and calls himself Dr IBB), a male and of 26 years old, was arrested at the Specialist Hospital Gusau where the suspect visits daily as from 11am to 12pm to attend to vulnerable patients who are mainly female ( some who are married) at the Gynaecological ward
“The suspect usually takes advantage of their ill health while claiming to be a Medical Doctor and will nefariously carries out medical proceedings and examinations on unsuspected patients in the hospital
“The suspect Mr. Muhammad Naziru Mode, who confessed to the crime, said that, he operates mostly at the female wards of the hospital and that whenever he sees a complicated case, he will give a call to Doctors who are on call duty, introducing himself as Doctor IBB to enable him access quick response from the Doctors on call,”
Commandant Mustapha averred that the Corps will pummel perpetrators of such acts with the extant laws of the federation, he therefore urged the members of the public to be very wary of this kind of criminal elements in the society.
