Nigeria, April 12 -- A Nigerian doctor in the UK, Ewere Onyekpe, accused of having sex with a patient in a hospital's toilet cubicle, has been suspended for an additional six months.

Mr Onyekpe is said to have begun a sexual relationship with the woman while employed as a locum registrar at the Whittington Hospital, London.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported in 2023 how the Medical Practitioners Tribunal of the General Medical Council (MPT of the GMC) - a medical regulatory body in the UK, imposed a sanction of a six-month suspension on Mr Onyekpe's practising licence after he was found guilty by an investigative tribunal.

Having completed the six-month suspension, the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) appea...