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A fake medical doctor, Collins Orji, who opened a medical facility in Ngarabe, Ekureku, Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State, has been arrested by the police and is currently being detained in Obubra prison.

Orji operated a hospital without a license for himself or the facility.

He ran Excellent Hospital in Ngarabe, Ekureku, until the Cross River State Task Force on Health Quality and Anti-Quackery visited his facility on July 11, 2024.

Further investigations by the task force revealed that Orji had previously operated a medical facility in Ugep called St. Collins Hospital in Ibogo, Biase LGA. He also managed Common Wealth Clinic before finally operating Excellent Hospital in Ngarabe, Ekureku, Abi LGA, leading to his arrest.

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According to Dr. Dan Abubakar, the Head of the Cross River State Task Force on Health Quality and Anti-Quackery, when they met Orji with a team of police officers, they discovered that he was not a medical doctor and had no medical training.

His facility was also not registered with the state government.

It was also alleged that he had no license to practice medicine and surgery in Nigeria and had not attended any medical institution, yet he performed surgical operations on his patients in his consulting room without qualified nurses.

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In a video circulating online, Orji claims to be a trained homeopathic doctor but has no proof to validate this claim.

Abubakar stated: “Satisfied that he had no registrable credentials with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, we sealed Excellent Hospital, Ngarabe, Ekureku, before taking him to the police station in Itigidi.”

Orji appeared before the Magistrate Court in Itigidi and was granted bail.

Unable to meet the bail conditions, he was remanded in prison custody at the Obubra prison, and the matter was adjourned until August 9, 2024, for further​⬤

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