In this week’s episode of Africa Investigates, Anas Arameyaw Anas and Rosemary Nwaebuni go undercover with secret cameras to expose fake doctors in Delta State, leading to three on-camera arrests.
Nigerian law forbids abortions, except in cases where the patient’s life is in danger. Despite this, Nigeria’s Fake Doctors shows Rosemary, who is not even pregnant, twice being offered abortion services from unlicensed practitioners.
Precious Johnson Chuckwudi, who operates a pharmacy in Delta State, offered to provide an abortion - and agreed the price - despite Rosemary’s negative pregnancy test, while Mr and Mrs Ogboru offered Rosemary an abortion in the dirty backroom of a bar, without conducting a pregnancy test.
The Nigerian Medical and Dental Association (NMDA) and Ministry of Health (MoH) have confirmed that neither Chuckwudi nor the Ogboru’s are licensed and registered as medical doctors and that their shops are not registered clinics. Nigerian police arrested Mr and Mrs Ogboru on camera on the basis of evidence that Rosemary and Anas filmed.
Nigerian police also arrested Charles Igudala, who operates a clinic at Dictat Royal Home in Warri, Delta State, after he was covertly filmed offering medical services and injections to Anas in extremely unsanitary conditions. The NMDA and MoH confirmed that Igudala is not a licensed and registered doctor, while Dr Alfred Ebiakofa of the Nigerian Ministry of Health said that Igudala had been a target of the Nigerian health authorities for some time, but that they “had not been able to catch him before.”
Rosemary and Anas also film other fake doctors wrongly diagnosing healthy patients with malaria and typhoid, as well using as a Quantum Resonance Analyser, a highly controversial machine of unproven effectiveness that is used to illegally diagnose - merely on the basis of tones and lights - a variety of serious illnesses to perfectly healthy patients.
Spell of The Albino, the last investigation Anas filmed for Africa Investigates, won a One World Media Award and was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award.
Nigeria’s Fake Doctors, the third episode of Africa Investigates, premiered on Wednesday, 26 November 2014 at 22:30 GMT / Thursday, 20 November at 00:30 CAT, with repeats on 27 November at 11:30, 28 November at 05:30, 29 November at 18:30, and 30 November at 07:30 CAT.
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38 comments:
God save us from all this fake ass doctors everywhere not only in Delta state #onelovefromSnow#
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May God save us oo...
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Fake doctors everywhere.....God safe us all...
Next....
They should be careful oo. Ladies that do abortions will soon start swearing for them.
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Wow! Good work by the undercover journalist.
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We have them all over the country not just Delta state! Help fish them out. Its is well. Psalm 34:16. BishopDammy#
The truth is that I don't blame anyone who does anything to survive in Nigeria, that's where the country has pushed the citizens; but doing anything that would endanger the life of another is not acceptable. If you are not a medical doctors, don't pose as one and don't administer treatments to people.
On the other hand, Nigerian government keeps arresting and sending desperate people to jail and not solving the problem of unemployment and job security in the nation, maybe when the prisons are full and there are nobody on the street is when they'd know they need do something.
I rest my case
If they continue, them go arrest tire o cos these kinda people are everywhere..... God help us!
And young girls will risk their lives to do abortion in a place like dis.
good work.... they should kip it up
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The biggest problem with delta state is their oil. Its a pity that oil in nigeria was first discovered there. The oil in d niger delta is projected to last unti 2030. After which it will impossible to dig deeper. The itshekiri and ijaws fight nearly on a daily basis because of it. The delta people keep on electing thieves(alameighsia, ibori) who cart away their money. They are among d top three earners of government revenue in nigeria. Yet they are among d top 5 poorest and underdeveloped states. Delta people let us vote for a change abeg.
Very soon nigeria will stop relying on delta for oil; they have discovered oil in ondo state,lagos state, oyo state and even borno state. They will stop the preferential treatment they give to us. Delta people shine your eyes
Too bad! This is how these miscreants waste lives for their selfish interest!
One day 4 d thief one day 4 d owner of d house
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This is very good! Am a corps member currently serving in Akwa-Ibom....the rate of quack docs in the state is alarming. most time I wish there's sumtin I can do to get them arrested. Abortions here and there in almost all pharmaceutical stores here in Akwa-Ibom of which the so claimed pharmacists are not qualified.
Hmmm, The beer parlour abortion really angered me. I wonder why anyone in his right senses patronize a doctor who operates in a beer parlour
Beer parlour abortion clinic. na wah o
I hope life imprisonment awaiting for them. Life imprisonment should be categorically stated for such act. They play with victims lives, render them seriously ill & useless. It is attempted murder & FG should do something about it.
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I watch it last night it was true
I watched it last night nd it was true dat our Nigeria girls re killing themselves wit those quack doctors
Na wa o
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I gat no 3g to watch this video....
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This is great! A good job indeed
And the shameless girl at the end is even claiming he destroyed her womb. Am sure she's old enough to know the consequences of abortion. so foolish enough not to know abortion is illegal. she's as guilty as the Suspect.
Great!
Its very obvious they are Quacks, but tell me, who has the money to go to a government or private hospital?
They close their eyes, visit the quacks and pray for the best.
Don't blame the people or the quacks blame the government. They did not provide the mere basics that's why Nigeria is ranked so low in the world health rankings, lower than some poorer African countries.
Jesus...God deliver us frm all dis fake doctors
I can't play it. It says the up-loader has not made this video available in your country.
y didnt they arrest the girl dat did the illegal abortion?
Those Al jazeera journalist should come to Enugu, they have so many of them here especially that mount carmel hospital in new haven at upper chime avenue, where they are conducting fake kidney dialysis. With outdated non functional machine. We took my brother there and he later died.
Weda u like announce nd show pishure of fake doctors,sum pple go still go de meet dem cos dia prices cheap.... Cn u catch al d fake doctors? No,so dey r still goin strong on da street
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thats how thy destroy innocent lives. when do getting pregnant carelesly become a crime. cant u look up to genevive and train the kid well. if you dont want to have an unwanted pregnancy then abstain till you are married. if u cant abstain why not use condom. ife na ato uto na egbukwa egbu. let them rot in jail. who knows how many lives they have destroyed. jovialmum.com
They should be punished.
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