Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Bauchi State has arrested 48-year-old Yakubu Gajere and 30-year-old Jude Abarshi for running a clinic without permit at Mansur village in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
State Commandant of the NSCDC, Nuradeen Abdullahi, who paraded the duo said they were arrested following a tip-off after the death of one Mrs Nasiya Garba, a resident of the village in the illegal clinic that had been in operation for 20 years without being licensed by government.
The commandant explained that preliminary investigations by the corps showed that the late Nasiya Garba was an asthmatic patient, but when she went to the illegal clinic for medical attention, where the suspects administered her with an injection unprofessionally, which immediately made her unconscious and eventually led to her death.
Abdullahi said, “The village head of Mansur through his representative reported an illegal operation of a clinic that resulted in the death of a woman, late Mrs Nasiya Garba, a 25-year-old resident of the village.”
The NCDC boss noted the two suspects would be charged to court at the end of ongoing investigations.
In a brief chat with newsmen, one of the suspect and owner of the illegal clinic, Yakubu Gajere, admited the death of the woman in his facility. He however claimed that he was a health worker employed by the Bauchi State government before he was disengaged by the immidiate past administration in the state.
Gajere explained that he had been operating the clinic for over 20 years without any blemish until the recent incident.
“I started operating the clinic without a license or permission for over 20 years now in the village. Things have been going on well and this is the first time we lost somebody in the clinic”, he said.
The Deputy Director, Public Health in the Bauchi State Ministry of Health, Abdullahi Danasabe, said going by the records of the ministry, the suspects’ clinic was illegal as it was operating without a licence.
“Going by the regulations, the two suspects are not allowed to operate a clinic. As soon as all investigations are completed by the relevant security agencies, the two suspects will be made to face the full wrath of the law,” he said.
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