A self-styled medical doctor, Habib Dramani, is in the firm grips of the Tamale Police for posing as a doctor in his bid to defraud unsuspecting persons within the Tamale metropolis.
The imposter, at the time of his arrest, was in possession of a doctor�s overcoat, theatre wear, stethoscope and some documents such as prescription forms of the Tamale Teaching Hospital.
He was said to have been parading as a member of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) in Tamale and Bolgatanga. According to the police, one Kadri Rafatu, a medical assistant at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, made a report that the accused person who gave his name as Dr. Habib Dramani introduced himself to her as a doctor at the Tamale Teaching Hospital last week.
She accorded him all the necessary courtesies as she was unable to authenticate his claim for the simple reason that she had just resumed from her annual leave.
Both exchanged contacts and kept being in touch until last week when the said doctor requested to use her car with registration number GN 5741-12 to visit a colleague at a nearby health facility and return immediately. Two hours later, she called him to ask for the whereabouts of the vehicle but the suspect started giving her flimsy excuses and indicated that he was at another facility from his first port of call.
An official complaint was lodged with the Tamale Police who relayed the details of the car to their various outlets in the Northern, the Upper East and the West regions. The police were able to track down the vehicle in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region being driven by a man, leading to Dramani�s arrest.
According to the man, Dr. Habib Dramani gave him the car to drive to Bolgatanga for him to pick it up later at a secret location near a popular hotel in the area.
The police stalked the man and when Dramani showed up to take the vehicle, he was apprehended and transferred to Tamale where he is being processed for court.Sources revealed that he would be charged for posing as a doctor, public deceit and conspiracy to stealing.
Police also found with him keys of a stolen BMW but police disclosed that he took the car from one Samuel Abobbtey after which he went into hiding until his arrest. Police have been able to locate the whereabouts of the car and have promised to retrieve it for the owner.
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