Paul Odama, commissioner of pilice in the state, confirmed the development in a statement in Friday.
Joseph, the chief medical doctor of Ayodele Hospital Sawmill area of Ilorin, was paraded alongside 13 other suspects at the police headquarters on Friday.
Odama said the patient who is a professional nurse had visited the hospital for surgery but found herself fully naked after the procedure.
The police boss who said that the leadership of the state branch of the Nigeria Medical Association had been contacted on the case said that the hospital premises had been cordoned off adding that the medical doctor would be charged to court again for rape after the conclusion of the investigation.
However, Joseph denied the allegation of rape being levelled against him adding that the nurse he was alleged to have raped was his girlfriend.
He said the doctor has been recently charged to court over offenses bordering on conspiracy and alleged unprofessional conduct leading to the death of a patient in his facility.
“On the 5th of May, 2023, one female victim (Name Withheld) a nurse by profession reported to the police that she went to Ayodele Hospital at NO. 290, Sawmill Area, Lagos road, Ilorin for surgery, the chief medical director of the hospital one Dr Ayodele Joseph during the treatment sedated the patient which led her to become unconscious,” the statement reads.
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