A 29-year-old man, Samuel Isaac Jumbo, has been arrested by Police operatives in Akwa Ibom State for allegedly defrauding his mother and unsuspecting members of the public by posing as a medical doctor.

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It was gathered that the suspect was arrested following a tip-off on November 30, 2021, at a hotel in Nnung Oku village, Ibesikpo Asutan LGA. 

The command’s spokesperson, Odiko Macdon, in a statement on Friday, December 3, said Jumbo claimed to be a Medical Doctor attached to the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH).

The command’s spokesperson, Odiko Macdon, in a statement on Friday, December 3, said Jumbo claimed to be a Medical Doctor attached to the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH).

He further stated that on 3/11/2021, he told his mother that he was going for National Youth Service ( NYSC ) at Rivers State and collected the sum of N200k for accommodation from her after she had bought a lot of household items for him. 

To convince the public, he will dress up or carry his lab coat, use a bolt cab to UUTH Abak Road, after loitering around for a while, he goes back to his hotel and looks for unsuspecting members of the public to defr*ud,” he said.

Reacting to this report, an Instagram user identified as @nancyphil wrote; `Omoh… I no go even gree make this kind doctor touch my body… see face like waterproof that escaped fire incident…?

itobiloba wrote; `The only person I feel sorry for here is the mother, I am sure she worked so hard and might have been in several debts to provide for this so called irr*sponsible and Ungr*teful son, hoping he’d make her proud somed*y. She must be dev*stated right now.

Source:NaijaOnPoint.com

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