Health ministry battles image dent over fake doctor
In past weeks, what looks very much like a Nollywood film has played out at the Federal Ministry of Health. More interestingly, the allegations against one Martins Okpe Ugwu is reminiscent of a character played by Hollywood star Leonardo Dicaprio in the 2002 hit biopic, Catch Me If You Can.
Frank Abagnale, played by the Dicaprio before his 19th birthday, successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor. But Ugwu restricted his alleged con to the Federal Ministry of Health where he worked as doctor for nine years using the credentials of his friend and distant relation, Dr. Davidson Daniel George.
Ugwu is standing trial at a Federal High Court in Abuja. He was arraigned on a five-count charge for impersonation and stealing of a Bachelor of Medicine Degree of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.
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Frank Abagnale, played by the Dicaprio before his 19th birthday, successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor. But Ugwu restricted his alleged con to the Federal Ministry of Health where he worked as doctor for nine years using the credentials of his friend and distant relation, Dr. Davidson Daniel George.
Ugwu is standing trial at a Federal High Court in Abuja. He was arraigned on a five-count charge for impersonation and stealing of a Bachelor of Medicine Degree of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.
read more on NAN( THE SUN)
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