In one year, the UK Medical Tribunal sanctioned 16 Nigerian doctors for fraud, rape, theft, others
Then the GMC appealed against that decision to the new tribunal, which ruled in May 2026 that Mr Foy-Yamah posed a risk to women and had to be struck off the medical register.
The tribunal, in December 2025, heard that Mr Tijjani, while treating a patient with a severe bacterial infection that had developed into sepsis, failed to consider other symptoms, factor in the medical history, and consider an alternative diagnosis.
Erasure for unlicensed practice A Nigerian gynaecologist who, according to MPTS records, obtained his primary medical training from the University of Ibadan in Oyo State, was also struck off the register by the tribunal in 2025.
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