Thursday, 5 April 2012

Fake Nigerian surgeon arrested in Ghana

 A Nigerian who was arrested by Ghanaian police for defrauding by false pretences also had in his possession medical items indicating that he was a surgeon at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana.
The suspect had in his possession a Ghana Medical Association (GMA) ID card bearing the name Dr Emmanuel Ikechukwu Okorafor, Surgeon, a white clinical coat worn by doctors,

with a Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital crest on the front pocket, a stethoscope and other medical gadgets.

In addition, Okorafor had two Ghanaian passports bearing two different Ghanaian names, with his pictures embossed on them.

According to the Deputy Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Assistant Commissioner of Police Mr Vincent Dedjoe, the suspect was arrested on March 28, 2012 following a report made by a worker at the Prestea branch of the Ghana Grid Company, Micheal Quasi.
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