allegedly duping a cancer patient of
whooping millions of naira in the
commercial city of Lagos.
The Lagos State Police Command
Headquarters in Ikeja, has arrested
and paraded a 38 years old fake
doctor identified as Charles Nze,
who claimed to be a dentist from
the Calcutta State University, India,
for allegedly duping a cancer
patient of N4 million
According to a report by New
Telegraph, the suspect admitted
collecting the money from the
victim’s family but said it was
meant for drugs and equipment to
treat the patient.
“The cancer patient is a family
friend. I decided to assist them and
bring the patient from another
hospital. I was treating her as an
outpatient. “When I commenced
treatment on the patient, she was
getting better. But suddenly the
family discovered that I was a
dentist and said I overcharged
them.
“Then, they requested that I refund
N2 million out of the money they
gave me for the treatment. It was
when I could not return the N2
million that I was arrested by
military policemen at Obalende
Barracks. The military police later
handed me over to the police.
“Three weeks after I started treating
the patient, she started getting
better. Before I started treating her,
she was weighing 33 kilogrammes
and could not walk, but now she
can walk and weighs 47kg,” he said.
Speaking to a correspondent, a
member of the victim’s family
members on the side line of the
parade, disclosed that Nze lied to
them that he was a medical doctor,
but they later got to know that he
was a fake doctor.
“When we first met he said he was
an oncologist at 9 Brigade,
Maryland and studied in India and
London. My sister had been sick for
some years. He promised to come
and see her.
“When he came, after diagnosing
her, he told us that she had gastric
cancer. He charged us N270,000. He
said he was going to get drugs.
“After 30 minutes, my sister, who
was crying that she could not walk,
started walking. That was what
impressed us that he was actually a
genuine doctor.
“He said to continue with the
treatment, we needed to act fast
because she might die anytime. That
was how he billed us another
$10,000,” he said.
According to him, Nze later told the
family members that because he
had compassion for the patient, he
was going to loan them N1 million,
while they should look for the
remaining.
“I sold my property and also took
loans from my friends to raise the
money because my parents could
not afford such amount of money.
“After a while, he came back and
asked for more money. Then, my
wife told me that my sister was not
getting better but I did not listen to
her. I sold my wife’s car and gave
him the money.
“Again, he came to demand
additional money. It was then I told
him to leave the patient alone. I
said if she was going to die, she
should die because we have
exhausted our money,” he added.
The man said he later went to the
barracks where Nze claimed he was
working and made enquiries about
him. “It was there I discovered he
was not a doctor. The military
police arrested him and handed him
over to the police,” he said.
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