Plastic Surgery: Lagos-Based Cosmetics Surgeon jailed

The Federal High Court, Ikoyi, presided over by Justice Mohammed Liman has sentenced Adepoju Anuoluwapo, a Lagos-based medical doctor, to one-year imprisonment.

Justice Liman took the decision while delivering judgment on the charge made against Anuoluwapo by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC).

The FCCPC had in 2020 arraigned Anuoluwapo for obstructing the agency’s investigation.

The commission had begun an investigation into the activities of the cosmetic surgeon after the death of Nneka Onwuzuligbo, one of her clients, over failed plastic surgery.

The commission had specifically arraigned the cosmetic surgeon alongside her medical facility on a five-count charge before the trial judge.

The FCCPC particularly accused Anuoluwapo of failing to honour its summons repeatedly and refusing to produce certain documents for investigation.

Based on this, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) sealed her facility — MedContour Services Ltd., located in Lagos, while the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) suspended her licence.

In passing his judgment, Justice Liman sentenced Anuoluwapo to a year of imprisonment on each of the four counts, which would run concurrently.

Justice Liman also suspended the imprisonment on the condition that the medical doctor pay a N100,000.00 fine for each count.

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