NAN-H-17
Imprisonment
By Teniola Ibitola
Lagos, Oct. 21, 2016 (NAN) For forging a radiography proficiency certificate with which he worked till his arrest, a man, Busuyi Durojaiye, on Friday got three years imprisonment with hard labour.
Chief Magistrate A.A. Demi-Ajayi of an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court sentenced Durojaiye with hard labour.
”The convict must be made an example to others like him who think they can pretend to be professionals to the detriment of the society and think they can get away with it.
”At the end of his jail term, he should be handed over to the Community Service Department, Ministry of Justice, to undergo counselling and a 200-hour community service,” she said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Durojaiye was arraigned in 2006 for forging a radiography proficiency certificate with Registration No. 1074 and serial No.FGP 959/558/100.
He claimed to have obtained the certificate from the Federal School of Radiography, Yaba, Lagos, according to the police, which submitted that he used it on July 4, 2016 to seek employment with Jon-Ken Hospital in Akoka.
The police also said that Durojaiye was performing the duties of a radiographer including carrying out X-ray and ultrasound scan.
The prosecution added that the convict used the forged certificate to defraud people in a radiography centre in Ikeja.
The offences contravene Sections 363 and 378 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. (NAN)
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(Edited By Hajia Sani/Ijeoma Popoola