UK medical tribunal sanctioned 16 Nigerian doctors in one year

Summary

A UK medical tribunal sanctioned at least 16 Nigerian doctors over the past 12 months, according to tribunal records reviewed by Premium Times.

Highlights

• The sanctions included suspensions and removals from the medical register.
• The cases reviewed covered alleged or proven issues including fraud, rape, theft, illegal drug possession and unauthorised practice.
• The sanctions were issued by the UK Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service, which hears fitness-to-practise cases referred by the General Medical Council.
• The article says tribunal records showed Nigerian-linked cases came up in most months between July 2025 and July 2026, except January.
• One doctor named in the report, Olubunmi Adeagbo-Sheikh, was removed from the register over a benefit-fraud conviction, according to the tribunal record cited in the article.