A suspected fake medical practitioner has been arrested in Kano, accused of distributing unapproved drugs to residents and collecting money from them during an unauthorized medical outreach in the Panshekara area of Kano.
He was arrested by officials of the Kano State Ministry of Health, the Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA), the Kano State Centre for Disease Control (KNCDC), and the Nigeria Police Force following intelligence reports about the suspect’s activities.
In a statement, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, the suspect, who allegedly came from Nasarawa State distributed a green liquid medicine, claiming it could cure more than 100 diseases, while charging members of the public for the product.
He also said the suspect gathered hundreds of people and administered substances into their mouths and eyes without conducting any medical examinations or obtaining the necessary approvals from health authorities.
Yusuf, warned that organizing public drug distribution campaigns, whether involving conventional or traditional medicines, without authorization from the Ministry of Health is illegal and punishable under the law.
The commissioner stated that residents of the area alerted KNCDC and PHIMA about the activities, prompting a joint operation that led to the suspect’s arrest and the seizure of the drugs and other items used in the exercise.
Yusuf, described the operation as part of the state’s efforts to protect residents from quackery and unsafe medical practices and urged residents to remain vigilant and report individuals posing as healthcare workers or conducting suspicious medical activities to the nearest authorities.
The commissioner also called on community and ward leaders to monitor activities in their areas, noting that there are established procedures for distributing free medicines and medical assistance through government-approved channels.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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