Native Doctor Opens University, Dupes Students

A native doctor identified as
Fidelis Chukwujindu has been
apprehended by the police for
luring over 5,000 students, extorting money from
them and conducting fake entrance examination
for the unsuspecting victims.
Chukwujindu, was nabbed at the premises of his
non-existent College Hospital which has the sign
post "University College Hospital Ogboko, Ideato,
P.O.Box 1960, Orlu, Imo State. Also written on
the signpost, which was conspicuously mounted
by the roadside, is, "Present Courses: B.Sc,
Nursing, Health Sciences, Education Humanities,
Medical LAB Sciences. Admissions Are Still Going
On. Govt. Approved. Call: 08064082750."
The operator of the illegal college attracted
students by printing flyers which he distributes to
churches across the country, as most of the
students claimed they came to know about the
school through their pastors.
Chukwujindu claimed to have the permission of
the State Government and Federal Ministry of
education to run his non-existent college
hospital. He also claimed to be a product of the
prestigious Harvard University, America. "I won a
Federal Government scholarship to study abroad,
but was incapacitated by an accident which
disfigured one of my legs and I was flown back to
Nigeria where I later decided to set up the
college," he said.
Assisting the suspect, who claimed to be the vice
-chancellor of the university college hospital, was
a middle aged woman later identified as Ngozi
Ayoha. The woman, who initially said she was
deaf and dumb, caused a stir when it was found
that she was the Dean of Faculty of Medicine of
the illegal college.
Parading the suspect with his victims before
newsmen, the Commissioner of Police, Mr.
Muhammad Katsina, explained that one striking
thing about the strategy of the gang was that
they carefully selected the site opposite the Imo
State University, Ogboko, and adjacent to the
Rochas Foundation College, Ogboko, to convince
their victims of the genuineness of their business.