FG files fresh charge against Abuja doctor over IVF fraud

The Federal Government has filed a fresh criminal charge against Dr John Abebe, an Abuja-based fertility doctor, over alleged fraud, unlawful disclosure of confidential medical records, and the sale of a couple’s embryos. Dr Abebe, along with Joje Abebe Fertility Centre Limited and Balkis Olanike Bakare, are charged in case CR/005/2026 at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The charges allege that Dr Abebe unlawfully disclosed the confidential medical records of Mr and Mrs Mary Manga without their consent, contravening Section 29 of the National Health Act, 2014. The Federal Government also claims that Dr Abebe obtained N19m from the couple under the guise of providing In Vitro Fertilisation services, which he then converted for his personal use.

Additionally, the prosecution alleges that Dr Abebe and the fertility centre unlawfully dealt with some of the couple’s embryos, including selling fully developed embryos to other patients.

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