The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has said that it arraigned the man arrested for presenting himself as a medical doctor, George Dawari, before a High Court in Abuja for impersonation.
Dawari was arrested on June 5, 2015 following a petition filed before ICPC that he allegedly claimed to be a medical doctor and demanded the sum of N450,000 from a couple with a promise to help them and members of their family to procure a five-year visa to the United States.
ICPC had said that it discovered while interrogating the suspect that he was neither a medical doctor nor did he work in the National Hospital, Abuja, as he claimed.
The commission added that apart from having in his possession a medical laboratory coat with the name, Dr. E.D. George, the suspect attempted to administer intravenous drip on one Mrs. Patti Bassi under the guise of being a medical doctor, contrary and punishable under Section 132 of the Penal Code Caps.532 Laws of the FCT, Abuja, 2006.
However, the commission, in a statement on Friday by its Media Consultant, Mr. Folu Olamiti, said a nine-count charge levelled against him included forgery, possession of forged documents and impersonation.
"The accused pleaded not guilty to all the charges. His counsel, Henry Iheme, asked the court to grant his client bail, which was refused by the trial judge because the application was not properly made."
The matter was adjourned till September 30, 2015