The United Kingdom Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) on Wednesday cleared Nigerian-born medical doctor and social media influencer Olufunmilayo Ogunsanya of rape and abusive relationship allegations that his ex-girlfriend Bola Aseyan raised against him in 2020.
Documents from the tribunal released Wednesday morning said Mr Ogunsanya was cleared of the charges multiple layers of investigation could not establish any wrongdoing against him.
Consequently, the panel said Mr Ogunsanya’s professional record and ability to continue medical practice in the UK have not been impaired.
“As the facts have not been found proved it therefore follows that Dr Ogunsanya’s fitness to practise is not impaired,” the panel said in its July 19, 2023 verdict.
Documents seen by Peoples Gazette showed the panel considered over 20 claims raised against Mr Ogunsanya and found no evidence to substantiate any of them, after several sittings and adjournments.
The complaints were first levelled against Mr Ogunsanya by Ms Aseyan, also a medical doctor, who took to social media in 2020 to accuse him of sundry charges that included rape, domestic abuse and mental torture.
Mr Ogunsanya, who was at the time prominent on Twitter for his medical opinions and analyses, promptly admitted his involvement with Ms Aseyan but strongly denied rape and abusive charges and pushed out evidence that appeared to exonerate him at the time.
The police in the UK intervened in the matter and found no evidence of wrongdoing against Mr Ogunsanya. A referral to the General Medical Council was also investigated before the matter was ultimately taken before the MPTS.
Ms Aseyan subsequently deleted her Twitter account and disappeared from social media overall. She also fled the UK and returned to Nigeria, where she had been moving from one hospital to another, The Gazette learnt. Months after the allegations, Mr Ogunsanya, who had over 400,000 followers on Twitter before excusing himself from the social media platform on personal grounds, filed defamation charges against Ms Aseyan in Nigeria.
Ms Aseyan could not be reached for comments by The Gazette following today’s decision by the MPTS.
Mr Ogunsanya, who graduated from Olabisi Onabanjo University in Nigeria before moving to the UK in 2012 to pursue further education in medicine and build a career, did not comment on the matter to The Gazette.
But his lawyer in Nigeria, Inibehe Effiong, Mr Ogunsaya was doing well, and Ms Aseyan would face the consequences of her uncorroborated and defamatory allegations.
“Bolanle Aseyan is currently facing both civil and criminal lawsuits in Nigeria for her actions,” Mr Effiong said. “No one should have to go through what Funmi has ensured these past years. False rape allegations should never be trivialised. It is evil and despicable.”
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“Funmi is doing well and he sends his regards to all those who have stood by him and believed in his innocence,” the Lagos-based lawyer added.
Meanwhile, an online user gave his own collaborative account of what Happened as well to support this story..
for her to come over to the UK.
He agreed, since he loved her. She started applying for VISA and was eventually granted. Dr Olufunmilayo paid for the flight. They met. She lived in his house for months.They had consensual sex several times.She paid no bills. Feeding, accommodation, light, water , wifi
heating, everything was paid by Dr Olufunmilayo.
Somewhere along the line, the relationship went sour. She displayed character Dr Olufunmilayo could not put up with in a life partner and he decided to call off the relationship.
The first thing Dr Bola Aseyan
did was run to the UK Metropolitan police to accuse him of rape and domestic violence. Dr Olufunmilayo was arrested and the matter was alacritously investigated but found to be false.
Embittered and feeling defeated,
Dr Bola Aseyan moved straight to the UK General Medical Counci
with an aim to have his license withdrawn and him deported. The GMC accepted the case and passed it to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS).
MPTS have been sitting on it since 2020.
Today 19th July,2023, MPTS has finally proven Dr Olufunmilayo innocent of all accusations and fully fit to practice.
This might seem like victory but it can’t be called victory until the false accuser Dr Bola Aseyan faces punishment for false accusation and attempted destruction of a man’s life.
-3 years of emotional torture
-3 years of career stagnation
-3 years of financial downturn
3 years of mental starvation
-3 years forced social media break
Just because of one false accuastaion
May Bolanle Aseyan not happen to you or your family members.
When will there be a jail sentence for false rape acccusers?
