The Nasarawa State Police
Command has arrested a 35-year-old quack medical doctor, Isa Usman over the
d@ath of a patient in the Keana Local Government Area of the state.
Usman who hails from Gombe
State was arrested in Iyayi, a community in Keana LGA after allegedly
administering an injection that led to the d3ath of the patient, Zaki Yaka
Ajohol.
The suspect who has only a
First School Leaving Certificate, FSLC claimed to have received medical
training at Asibitin Yusuf in Agyaragu, Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa
State.
The spokesperson of the
command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday,
September 4, 2024, said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect
whose level of education is the primary school leaving certificate hails from
Pindi village, Akko LGA of Gombe State.
He confessed to procuring and administering procaine injections to his victim for three days to treat typhoid.
On the fourth day, the suspect
administered the same dose of injection, which made the victim fall immediately
after and become unconscious.
“The victim was rushed to
primary health care at Akeleku where he was confirmed d@ad," the PPRO
stated.
"Consequently, some drugs
and other medical implements were recovered from the suspect as an exhibit.
“The Commissioner of Police
Umar Shehu Nadada has ordered the transfer of the case to the State Criminal
Investigation Department, Lafia for further investigation and
prosecution."
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