A fake medical doctor, who infected a six-
year old boy with HIV by transfusing
unscreened blood into him, has been
arrested by Nasarawa State Command of the
Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC).
The state Commandant, Bashir-Kano,
disclosed this yesterday while speaking with
newsmen in Lafia. Bashir-Kano identified the
suspect as a 30-year old Jonathan
Ibrahim.He said investigation into the case
led to the discovery that the suspect and his
wife are both HIV positive.
Bashir-Kano said: “As we speak, the suspect
has already been remanded at the Lafia
prisons following his arraignment at the
Upper Area Court in Doma on Tuesday, Aug.
1.”
He added that the command was working
to see how it could assist the boy’s family to
ameliorate his plight. He called on kind
individuals to reach out to him through the
command.
Jonathan Ibrahim, who operated a clinic at
Iwashi village in Doma council of the state,
was arrested by the state command of
NSCDC on July 17 following complaint about
his illegal activities from members of the
public, including the parents of the boy
recently infected with the virus. The
commandant said the suspect has
confessed to running an illegal clinic and
transfused unscreened blood at his facility
along with three other patients at his facility
last year.
The parents of the 6-year-old victim
discovered their son has been infected with
the virus after they carried out some tests
when the boy began falling ill frequently
following the blood transfusion.
The mother of the child, Dorcas Alaku, her
son’s health is deteriorating and hernia is
also suspected, as his groin has swollen. She
also disclosed that the person whose blood
was transfused to her child also has HIV and
chronic hernia.
