Medical practitioners nab fake doctor job during interview at Convenant University

The Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners discovered a fake doctor named Abawulor Omenka as he was attempting to seek for a position as a medical officer at the Covenant University Medical Centre, Ota, in the Sango region of Ogun State.

According to PUNCH Healthwise, Omenka had submitted false credentials when applying for the position of medical officer, including a photocopy of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria registration certificate from 2015.

The 35-year-old suspect also displayed a diploma from Benue State University, where he claimed to have graduated with a second class upper division after earning a bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery.

According to information obtained, the suspect, who works as an auxiliary nurse at certain private hospitals, was apprehended while being questioned by three doctors about his qualifications during a job interview at the Covenant University Medical Centre.

After failing to explain why his MDCN registration number was the same as those who received the certificate four decades prior, Omenka's cover was blown.

According to a source who spoke to our correspondent, the suspect admitted to receiving the phoney documents from racketeers in Oluwole in Lagos State while being questioned.

The source said, “The man first went to Covenant University Health Centre last week to apply for the post of Medical Officer.

“The MD of the centre, Dr. Ademola Adebanjo, suspected foul play and scheduled him for an interview this week.

“He then reached out to Dr. Kayode Oyelade, the Chairman of ANPMP, Ogun State chapter about his suspicions. So Dr. Oyelade and Dr. Akin Oyejoko, an executive of the association sat in the interview panel yesterday to be able to get to the root of the matter. That was how he was nabbed.”

Dr. Kayode Oyelade, the head of the Association of Private Medical Practitioners in Ogun State, verified to PUNCH Healthwise that Omenka was caught after the interviewing doctors realised he lacked a thorough understanding of the field.

He claimed that numerous inconsistencies in the credentials provided were found by the doctors who examined the suspect during the employment interview.

Omenka was recognised as a health assistant by his former coworkers when several of the facilities where the suspect claimed to have worked were contacted, according to Oyelade.

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