Nigerian man, Aberie Nwafor has been arrested in South Africa for using fake qualifications to practise as a “doctor” in a government hospital for several years.
Nwafor was said to have arrived in South Africa 15 years ago but was arrested on November 6, 2015, for using fake qualifications to get a job as a doctor at a Limpopo government hospital.
Nwafor's wife, Amara was also arrested and he was found in possession of 14 fake passports.
He appeared in the Polokwane Magistrate Court last Monday on charges of fraud, corruption and violation of South African immigration laws.
Reacting to Nwafor's court appearance, Dr Sizeka Maweya of South African Medical Association, SAMA had warned that their findings indicated that the problem is widespread.
Dr. Maweya said: “The Health Professional council is failing us, now we check those foreign doctors from countries such as Nigeria personally, but the problem is that we don’t have capacity, but now SAMA (South African Medical Association) has said ‘let us be the ones who vet them, because we understand the trade’.
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