ICPC arrests fake medical doctor cum visa scammer on HWN SPOTLIGHT

The operatives of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have arrested and detained one Mr George Dawari who was not only posing as a medical doctor but also involved in visa scams.

According to a state made available to newsmen in Abuja, the media consultant to the ICPC, Folu Olamiti noted that during interrogation, it was discovered that the suspect was neither a medical doctor nor did he work in the National Hospital Abuja as claimed.

Dawari was arrested on June 5, 2015 on the strength of a petition filed before ICPC alleging that Dawari demanded the sum of N450,000 from a couple with a promise to procure five year visas to the United States for them and members of their family. Dawari had earlier offered to administer drugs on one of the petitioners, a female, under the pretense of being a medical doctor.

ICPC operatives discovered some medical equipment including a stethoscope and medical coverall with his name engraved on it in his possession. Also discovered in the suspect’s house were six green Nigerian passports, four of which had been stamped with US visas.

Source: LEADERSHIP, HWN AFRICA.