Rusticated Medical Student Arrested For Practicing Medicine ?.

Mr. Ayeh, who was rusticated from the university where he was studying medicine, went ahead to practice as a medical doctor and is not in police net

A rusticated former medical student, Mr Adams John Ayeh was arrested for practicing
(Vanguard)

A former medical student, Mr Adams John Ayeh, has been arrested by the Kwara state police command for parading himself as a medical doctor.

Ayeh, a former medical student of the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, was rusticated by the institution on academic grounds in his third year.

The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr Ambrose Aisabor, told journalists at a press briefing that the suspect was arrested while soliciting clients at the Civil Service Clinic in Ilorin

“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime, saying he was a rusticated student of University of Maiduguri in Borno State,”  Aisabor said.

'I am not a doctor'

'Dr.' Ayeh who confessed that he was indeed rusticated "as a result of poor academic performance” claims he was wrongly arrested because he is not practising.

“I don’t go about practising, I just came to the Civil Service Clinic with my wife and the Police arrested me with this stethoscope on my neck. I bought it when I was in medical school.

“It was the medical officer who came out and found the stethoscope on my neck that challenged me for using a stethoscope within his territory that led to my arrest.

According to him, owning a stethoscope is not a justifiable reason for arrest.

“If you ask people they will tell you that medical students in their third year are allowed to own and use stethoscopes," he said.

But Ayeh will have to save his defence for the court as the Police commissioner further revealed that he would be charged to court once investigations were concluded.