FCTA Shuts Illegal Clinic In Kuje, Arrests Operator

By: Wisdom Acka

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has clamped down on an illegal clinic, Dada’s Clinic and Maternity in Kapwa, Gaube Community, Kuje Area Council.

A Press Statement from the office of the FCT Minister, made this disclosure, Monday.

The statement stated that the clamp down, which was done a day earlier by the Private Health Establishments Registration and Monitoring Committee (PHERMC) under FCTA Health and Environment Secretatiat, also led to arrest of the operator, simply identified as Mr. Sabiu, who was immediately handed over to Kuje Police Station.

According to the statement, the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has consequently declared zero tolerance to illegal health facilities in the FCT; reiterating FCTA commitment to ensuring safe and regulated healthcare services.

It adds that Wike also emphasized facility accreditation as part of the requirements for registration; warning that there was no excuse for operating illegally, vowing: “all unregistered health facilities will be sealed henceforth to protect residents from unsafe medical practices.”

The statement reads in part: “On February 2, 2025, at approximately 15:32pm, a team led by the Director, Medical and Diagnostics Department, acting on the directives of the Mandate Secretary, Health and Environment Secretariat, Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe, visited Kapwa, Gaube Community (Gaube Ward), Kuje Area Council to investigate allegations against Dada’s Clinic and Maternity Ltd.

“The facility was reported to be operating without registration and conducting medical procedures in a rented apartment unfit for healthcare services, under the guise of a Medical Outreach.
Preliminary findings indicated that a community elder tragically passed away following a hernia operation performed at the facility. Additionally, multiple reports emerged of patients who barely survived procedures and required emergency medical care elsewhere,” the statement added.

It further narrates that, the team found the “clinic” dilapidated and unsanitary, without windows, doors, as well as basic facilities that make up a standard health facility, among others.

The statement stressed that the Committee met three patients on admission, including an elderly patient on intravenous infusion, who were all stable, and referred them to Kuje General Hospital for proper medical care before sealing of the facility.