SAN FRANCISCO, August 22, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Police Force, FCT Command, has arrested a gynaecologist for allegedly drugging and raping some of his female patients In Abuja.
The suspect, a consultant gynecologist at Life Point Medical Centre, Utako, Abuja, is a 47-year-old doctor who usually drugs his victims before taking undue advantage of his female patients who come to him for treatment or consultation in his office and other locations.
According to the Commissioner of Police in charge of FCT, Muhammad Mustafa, some of his victims are married women while the suspect is also married with a child.
“In his statement, the suspect confessed to have had sexual affair with some of his female patients who come to him for treatment or consultation in his office and other locations,” Mustafa revealed.
“Investigations also revealed that the suspect uses drugs to induce his victims in order to have intercourse with them, therefore corroborating the allegations brought up against him.
“He is presently in prison. He has to be stripped of his license and as part of our investigation, we have written to Nigeria Medical and Dental Council (NMDC) and he has been arraigned in court.
“I learnt that four Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) are trying to take him away from the prison but we are going to do our very best to gain conviction because it is a very serious case of somebody abusing the ethics of his profession.
“We seize this medium to advise members of the public to ensure they carryout thorough background check on the credibility of the doctors they intend to engage as their personal or family physician.”
Story by David Oputah
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