The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has read Riot Acts to erring private medical practitioners engaging in unwholesome practices in Kwara State to desist or face sanction.

Speaking with journalists during inspection/monitoring of private hospitals in Osi, Ekiti Local Government Area of the state, the head of inspectorate of the council, Dr. Henry Okwukeye, said the council was determined to sanitise health sector and practitioners to reduce deaths among the people.

"People have no regard for the rule of law. The era of impunity is gone and far gone. Any doctor practising anywhere without a licence is violating Nigerian laws and the arm of the law will soon fall on them. The penalty is dependent on the gravity of offence. It ranges from suspension to fines, imprisonment and withdrawal of certificates," he said.

The MDCN team, comprising director medical services, state Ministry of Health and policemen discovered a medical practitioner who had refused to renew his license since 1982.

The medical practitioner had allegedly been practising medicine illegally and without renewing his license for 33 years at Osi town in Ekiti Local Government Area of the state.

Dr. Okwukeye, who said the inspection visit was informed by a petition written to alert the council that many people had died from surgery in the hospital, added that despite quality equipment in the hospital, the doctor had inadequate qualified medical personnel and did not employ qualified nurses.