A social media user on Twitter has shared a heartbreaking story of a fake medical practitioner who dupes poor illiterates by selling fake drugs to them in Lagos.
In his post, he explained the quack medical practitioner sells tea as drugs to the poor illiterate market women because most of them do not really knowthe contents contained in the drugs.
It was also gathered that the fake doctor sells the drugs for about N10,000.
The social media user cautiously shared how he tried to apprehend the quack medical practitioner but she was able to escape.
FULL STORY BELOW:
I have a sad gist? about fake people who parade themselves as medical practitioners hence duping ignorant people of their cash. It happened today in my presence and I would tell you all how I handled the situation the best way I could
Here is the gist? @segalink @thepamilerin— The Official Akorede™️? (@theakorede) July 10, 2019
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So this afternoon I was waiting for a friend in front of this post service housing estate in Ojo ,while waiting I saw a woman pointing a thermometer to some elderly women breasts and she was collecting money from each of them. I was surprised at first but I decided to hang on pic.twitter.com/sW5HnPx8Pf
— The Official Akorede™️? (@theakorede) July 10, 2019
So as to see what the whole situation was all about. when she was done with a particular woman ,I called the elderly woman to explain what was going on and she said “ the woman uses the machine to check everything in their body including breast cancer and blood pressure etc
— The Official Akorede™️? (@theakorede) July 10, 2019
I was outraged to be honest because this machine as she said is just a thermometer used in checking body temperature but the woman knows they were not educated and all that so she has an Advantage over them , she collects money from them and here is the breakdown
— The Official Akorede™️? (@theakorede) July 10, 2019
She collect 200 daily for test and 10, 000 Naira for the drug she claims would solve their issues. The 10,000 Naira is paid installmentally meaning they pay 1500 per day. These women sell vegetables by roadside and I’m sure they drop all their daily profits pic.twitter.com/6LlSG6uSA4
— The Official Akorede™️? (@theakorede) July 10, 2019
Initially tbh i didn’t want to intervene, just wanted to mind my business but i realized that i would be doing more good than harm if I intervened so I took a bold step and politely called the so called medical practitioner to a corner ….
— The Official Akorede™️? (@theakorede) July 10, 2019
With a straight face which I don’t know where the courage came from, I asked her to identify her said and she said she is a medical practitioner .. she brought out an ID card which you would see below.. I didn’t bother anymore to enquirer both the ID card so I went straight to.. pic.twitter.com/038ntfXosA
— The Official Akorede™️? (@theakorede) July 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/theakorede/status/1149059157389185031
She told me she would call the police that I’m trying to harass her, I told her to call probably we would see who would be arrested in the long run.. she claimed she sells drug and it works and all that, while all that were going on, my friend came by and I explained to him..
— The Official Akorede™️? (@theakorede) July 10, 2019
I told him I wanted the woman to return the money to the elderly women. I rallied all the women present there ,explained to them what the machine is actually for and the damage the woman has been doing to them then I asked for the so called drug she sells to them for 10k Naira pic.twitter.com/xVqqGtHMw0
— The Official Akorede™️? (@theakorede) July 10, 2019
