How I Survived Fake Doctor For 9 Years - Mr Ugwu

The Nigerian police yesterday paraded Martins Ugwu Okpe for impersonating Dr George Davidson for over nine years in the federal ministry of health.

Parading the suspect at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, deputy spokesperson of the police, Chief Superintendent of Police, Abayomi Shogunle said Okpe worked for nine years in the federal ministry of health despite being a fake doctor.
Okpe who confessed to the crimes said he is 44 year old father of five who until his arrest and detention was on level 13 in the federal ministry of health.
“I never opted for clinical services to avoid damage that may occur. I went into administration and research. It is in the health services, research and statistics that all the fraud in the health sector is found.
“I have great remorse but it’s my desire to save my country that pushed me into this, I have great passion for Nigeria, I participated in the Ebola mission and much more and have not even been paid,” he said.
“Severally there were biometrics verification but I survived them, I was the NMA chairman since 2008. Federal Ministry of health, I don’t think it has the mechanisms for that, the ministry is porous,” he said.
The police explained that Okpe abandoned his real identity and became Dr George Davidson a friend from who he stole photo copies of his certificates with which he gained employment in the ministry.
The police said he was arrested after investigations of anonymous petition against him for perceived unprofessional conduct, unwholesome behavior of inciting trouble and black mailing.
Shogunle said records available at the medical and Dental Council of Nigeria showed that Okpe stole the identity of Dr. Davidson, a real medical doctor on residency training in Jos, Plateau State.