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Adepoju, Lagos surgeon, arraigned over failed plastic surgery

By Dapo Falade

A Lagos State-based female surgeon, Dr Anuoluwapo Adepoju, was, on Friday, arraigned before a Federal High Court in the state for alleged evasion from investigation on her involvement in a failed plastic surgery.

The defendant, standing trial before Justice Mohammed Liman, was charged alongside her clinic, Med Contour Services Ltd, on a five-count charge bordering on a refusal to honour an invitation for investigation.

As recalled by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) had, last April, sealed the second defendant (MedContour), a plastic surgery hospital, over suspicions of illegal activities.

The commission had also disclosed on its official Twitter handle that it has commenced an investigation into a case of failed plastic surgery allegedly performed by Dr Adepoju of MedContour.

The prosecution, in a five-count charge against the defendants on Friday, alleged that, without sufficient cause, the first defendant failed to appear before the FCCPC in compliance with the commission’s summons, dated April 15, 2020.

It also alleged that, without sufficient cause, the first defendant refused to comply with the commission’s Notice of Investigation, dated April 14, 2020, which required her to produce some documents to aid the investigation.

She was further alleged to have prevented and obstructed the commission from carrying out its investigation into the issue of failed plastic surgery.

The five offences, the prosecution stated, were in contradiction of the provisions of Sections 11(1)(a), 33(1)(a), 110, 113(1)(a) and 159(4) of the FCCPC Act, 2018.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to all counts, following which her defence counsel, Mrs Maria Jonnes, informed the court of a preliminary objection challenging the charge.

See also AMCON INVADES VICTORY PARK ESTATE WITH POLICEMEN AND ARMED THUGS ..........FORCIBLY THROW OUT WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM THEIR HOMES Tuesday, 25th June 2019 was a traumatic day for over 300 Families in Victory Park Estate, Lekki Lagos. Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in a gestapo style action invaded the homes of Residents in Victory Park Estate while most residents were at their places of work leaving their young families exposed to the invasion of over 30 armed police men and over fifty thugs claiming to be executing a High Court Judgement of 2017 against Knight Rook, Grant Properties and the Awosedo’s (Promoters of Victory Park Estate). According to eyewitness who craved anonymity “the Action was carefully planned by the AMCON and its Receiver Manager, Mr. Lanre Olaoluwa to take place at a time that most Home Owners would be at their places of work”. Homeowners had to rush back to the Estate when they received a distress call from vulnerable members of their families left at home. A traumatized resident who also witness the AMCON rampage lamented that “One of the families with children between the ages of 3 and below were forced out of their homes with little or no time to pick any personal effects under heavy downpour and very heavy armed presence”. He decried such inhumane treatment of hapless victims of high handedness and warned against a reoccurrence. AMCON Obtained a Judgement against the Promoters of the Estate and seeks to attach the lands and property in the Estate to the Judgement debt without taking into consideration existing encumbrances which are lands owned by Individuals and families who purchased their land, built their homes and have been living in the Estate without any notice at the time of purchase of their land of any encumbrances on the land. No Registered Mortgage and no Caveat at the Lands Registry. The various Banks that handed over the debt of the promoters to AMCON, knew that the Promoters were selling the lands to innocent hard working Nigerians who took loans to purchase land in a supposed secured Site and Service Estate having done their due diligence at the land registry. The Promoters and the Banks are parties to the fraud against innocent Nigerians and now AMCON has degenerated to an Omonile by taking over homes of families and sending mothers and children out of their homes under very heavy armed presence and down pour. AMCON is a supposed Agency of Government and must not be seen to exploit the vulnerability of families that genuinely purchased land and built their homes in their Country only to be evacuated from their homes in a gestapo manner. AMCON Act provides that AMCON and its Receiver Manager shall take over Assets subject to existing encumbrances. The Judgement against the Asset of the promoters should ideally not extend to what no longer belongs to the Promoters. “You cannot give what you don’t have”. Families in Victory Park now live in fear and horror not knowing which family will be next to be thrown out of their homes. A Government should not through its Agency treat its citizens like outcasts. The families are vulnerable, AMCON has the instrument of State, the Courts and the Police and now the self help thugs. “Who do the Citizens, the over 300 young families in Victory Park; Who do they have”. While the Families are seeking legal help, AMCON as a Government Agency is enjoined to immediately call to Order its Receiver Manager, Mr Lanre Olaoluwa who happens to be a legal practitioner to desist from the harassment and intimidation of families with the use of armed thugs and heavily armed police men.

She argued that the law setting up the FCCPC does not empower the court to entertain the case filed by the commission, adding that the defence had already filed a pending suit before a brother judge, Justice C. Aneke, challenging the Act 2018 of the commission.

Responding, the prosecutor, the Director General of the FCCPC, Mr Babatunde Irukera, argued that there was no legal basis for the preliminary objection raised by the defence counsel.

He said the matter before the court was not on the issue of violation, and so, there was nothing in the preliminary objection that can stand, adding therefore that the objection that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case was misinformed.

After listening to submission of parties, Justice Liman upheld the submission of the prosecution and held that the criminal jurisdiction of the Federal High Court was activated by the provisions of Sections 251(f) of the Constitution.

The court held that Sub-section 1(f) of the section, included organisations like the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) as well as the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON).

The court consequently, over ruled the preliminary objection of defence, even as the trial judge however granted the defendant bail on self recognisance and adjourned the case until Friday, next week, for trial.

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Adepoju, Lagos surgeon, arraigned over failed plastic surgery

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