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A Nigerian consultant anaesthetist Adekunle Okunuga based in the United Kingdom has been reinstated following his suspension from work for beating his son.

The 59-year-old medical personnel, who was arrested after the incident in June 2014, blamed his cultural upbringing in Nigeria for the act, Daily Mail UK reports.

He said corporal punishments are common in Nigeria.

Okunuga caned his son for misbehaving in school and made him stand one leg with his arms in the air while he kicked him.

He also caned the boy’s open palms with a walking stick.

The boy got into trouble in school for not submitting homework, lying to other pupils, using the word ‘rape’ and for stamping in any injured girl during PE lesson.

In 2015, Okunuga’s name was ordered to be removed from the medical after he was found guilty of professional misconduct by a disciplinary .

The doctor, who has been working at the National Orthopaedic Hospital in Lagos, is now free to return to work at the University Hospital Coventry, Igbere TV reports.

“My actions embarrassed the medical profession and brought it into disrepute and as a member of the medical community, I should be role model. I apologised sincerely to the GMC and the wider public,” he was quoted to have said.

“My behaviour was born out of my cultural upbringing, I should have known better and I take full responsibility for my actions. If I were to witness a similar occurrence by one of my colleagues, I would be the first to speak up and take action and report it to the appropriate authorities.

“I have been working abroad but have always given full disclosure of my sanction to all employers and the relevant medical authorities.

“I have attended courses in order to maintain my professional development and am clinically ready to resume practice in the United Kingdom where I could be of tremendous to the medical community.”

After the incident, he was arrested and convicted at Leamington Spa magistrates court for ill treating a child and was sentenced to eight weeks in jail and ordered to complete 160 hours unpaid work.

The boy was temporarily put in foster care and was later returned to his family.

https://www.thecable.ng/nigerian-doctor-suspended-for-beating-child-in-uk-reinstated

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Who dey share FTC money abeg?

This is actually ridiculous. They're trying to protect the child but suspended his father who's a bread winner to their home. Won't the child be affected too from the financial downtime?

Doctor which training did u give your son that made him behave like a maniac before the flogging?

If u give your son proper home training, he will not go about behaving like a demon.

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See them rushing to quote me without understanding, I am not against the correction (flogging).

My grouse is with the behavior of the boy before the flogging. The doctor was not doing his duty as a father by giving the boy proper home training hence the misbehavior.

It is these kind of children that will be molesting and bullying other kids in boarding school here in Nigeria.

One of the dangers of raising kids abroad and the yeye man is blaming his cultural upbringing here in Nigeria

What kind of silly child protection right is that? Are they not empowering their kids not to adhere to parents' strict instructions. Abeg Africans get culture. If cane kills ehn, me I for don die cos wetin flogging did to me back then was to reset my naughty ways of life.

For those quoting me, I never said children shud be kicked, but even Bible is in of cane to be used on children but with love. Imagine an American kid telling her mum that "mum dont be silly" and they will laugh over it there. Come and say that to an African mother. It's then u will knw that slap slap.

I see white racial competitors behind this man's suspension, I see them conspiring to pull him down because he's a Nigerian and ahead of them, I see them fighting this case with every penny they have. I see the man not coming back to practice anytime soon. This I have seen.

He must have learnt his lesson

Say Hello to the father of the year

The whites and their desperate means of bringing our cultural and moral means of correcting a child to a fault. Imagine the way they tried to exaggerate the whole scenario, like him kicking, blowing, headbutting, and even using a rod as big as a walking stick to beat his child. It could jst be a mare whipping that this people are describing like he literally wanted to kill the child o.
As if we Don die untop the kind lashing Mr etiti (my biology teacher) dey give us for back that year.
Anyways, I don't blame the man, just see the way he's been forced to deny our culture and moral values all in the name of apologies just for him to earn back his lucrative and we'll paid job (I'll do same if I ware in his shoes).
Sebi that boy go soon come naija na, the family dey wait for am. Na hot bulala go enta him yash.and he dare not try to go report to our naija police because na those wicked and dubious female writer 1 and writer 2 go finish am with beta slap and flogging.

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What has Nigeria benefitted from the beatings majority of Nigerians received during their childhood...... the beatings like drums, like criminals.....attempted murder?

Has the beatings made majority of Nigerians trustworthy in personal life and business?

Has it infused ethical thinking in us?

Did the beatings nurture aggressiveness, where it so very easy to lash out verbally and physically?

For those who have read classics like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, David Copperfield, The story of the bad little boy, Oliver Twist etc going through those books, one would notice that severe beating of children at home and at school with hands and objects was a normal way of life back then among Caucasians but their methods of punishment have evolved over the centuries.

When in Rome, behave like the Romans. If you leave the shores of this country, even fly sef no touch o.

Except that him son don change from him mischievous ways, this man go just dey vex anytime him see am.

Musa don suffer for gate

that pikin for din chop better punishment this past years..papa salary blocked since 2015..chai

Smh

No wonder there are many disturbed,twisted and dysfunctional teens there

Once they're 14 the boys will start doing drugs and start dressing like girls

Strange

Kai God, this is annoying. My pikin ohh. That's why morals in the West is gone among kids. U get 16 yrs old daughter and guys go just dey spank her like Olosho and u can't do nada cos the rod was spared long ago. If I have the chance to come to UK, I will try my best to ensure my kids do almost all their holidays in naija. Them must get used to that culture.

That's good. Go and sìn no more.

Hmm

Because of wetin nah? Normal beating here in naija.

When the UK health care system is overwhelmed by the Corona virus, they suddenly decided to have clemency on a doctor who was following the biblical wise counsel spare the rod, and spoil the child. nonsense and Uk health care system.

VeeVeeMyLuv:
Doctor which training did u your that made him behave like a maniac?

So, your parents never flogged you or gave you punishments in the past? Does that make them maniacs, too?

Spare the rod and spoil the Child.


We should stop being religious hypocites.

Wahala...... Goodmorning Lagos Nigeria,

Enugupikin:
This is actually ridiculous. They're trying to protect the child but suspended his father who's a bread winner to their home. Won't the child be affected too from the financial downtime?

The son was temporarily put in foster care. It is not Nigeria where that is always the argument in defense of an abusive parent/spouse even in the face of what the Nigerian law considers as an abuse.

Enugupikin:
This is actually ridiculous. They're trying to protect the child but suspended his father who's a bread winner to their home. Won't the child be affected too from the financial downtime?

They'll take the child to welfare services... But I agree it's extremely bad to know you can't discipline your own child.

See as the guy the confess wetin he do and no do

VeeVeeMyLuv:
Doctor which training did u your that made him behave like a maniac?

He caned his child! That's illegal in the UK so he broke the law, since he did so there! But which one is "maniac"?? Like the man said, this is common practice with kids raised in Nigeria. Almost all of us here raised in Nigeria went through this regime. Are you saying our parents are maniacs? Because they flogged a child using the word "rape" in school while "stamping" on kids?