The Nigeria Police Force’s Zone 16 command has arrested Doubara Esamasuode for allegedly practicing medicine without a license in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
Esamasuode operated an unauthorized medical facility, St. Maximilian Medical Centre, where he was apprehended on August 25, 2024.
A search of the facility yielded various medical supplies and equipment. Esamasuode admitted to multiple offenses, including impersonating a medical doctor, operating an illegal medical establishment, forgery, and impersonation.
The police spokesperson, Emonena Gunn, emphasized that this arrest serves as a warning against criminal activities in the region.
The investigation is ongoing, and Esamasuode is expected to face charges in court soon.
The police have urged the public to remain vigilant and collaborate with law enforcement by providing timely information to aid in the capture of criminal offenders.
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An anonymous victim shared her experience with Esamasuode, who was recommended by a family member as a fertility treatment option.
She said: “Trying to get pregnant. I decided to give it a try. He checked me and said my body is okay, that I was going to conceive in three months. I will go for a scan. My initial payment was N30,000,” she narrated.
“He gave me an injection and gave me seven days, calculating my fertile window and told me that I should meet with my husband, which I did religiously.
“After that he told me that I was pregnant and gave me a tablet which I later came to find out that it is what ceased my period and not because I was pregnant.
“The name of the tablet is primolut N. He asked me to take it for three months after which I should go for a scan.
“After the three months, I went for a scan and it was negative and he told me that some results does not always show in first three months, because of the type of treatment and injections used for the process, that I should give it sometime and that it was going to reflect in the scan.
“After waiting for some time, I noticed that there was no progress and I started bleeding.
“He referred me to someone else to massage me to stop the bleeding, which I went for and I paid N70,000 for that treatment.
“After that he made mention that the delivery is going to cost N5.6m since I am carrying twins, which raised some concerns and I started researching about it.”
“That was when I found out that the drug was just stopping my period and that my period did not cease because of pregnancy.
“I went for a separate scan without telling him. I went for a trans-vaginal scan and they said even if the pregnancy is a week old the scan will be able to detect it.
“I told him I am not pregnant and there was nobody hiding anywhere. He said it is because it is a cryptic pregnancy. I asked him if cryptic means the woman would not be aware that she is pregnant? He kept on giving excuses.
“At some point, an insider in the hospital told me that I need a particular drug for delivery which will cost N5.6m. Like he said before and the doctor does not have the drugs for now. So we have to go to Port Harcourt.
“We went there and it was the same story that I was pregnant with twins and delivery will cost N5.6m.
“The more I researched about it, the more I became convinced that it was not real.
Though they have equipment, it is like a normal hospital but we saw no certificate and picture frame of the doctor. So we decided to pull out and went to FMC to flush my system.”
Another individual also came forward, sharing a harrowing experience where she almost lost her life after following Esamasuode’s advice.
She explained: “I took the drugs the doctor prescribed for me, after my period ceased for six months and all of a sudden I bled to a point that I felt I was going to pass out.”
Esamasuode admitted to the allegations, conceding his actions while disputing the identification of the photograph as a convocation image.
He acknowledged using medical equipment despite not being a licensed doctor. Esamasuode has appealed for leniency, citing a personal incident in 2019 that prevented him from completing his studies at the University of Abuja
He said: “For the medical items, I make use of them, I am a fake doctor. I started this business in 2019 when I got admission into the University of Abuja, but could not continue the school because of an accident.”
