UK Medical Tribunal Exonerates Popular Twitter Influencer, Dr Olufunmilayo, of Rape Allegations by Former Girlfriend, Dr Aseyan

Olufunmilayo Ogunsanya, one popular Twitter doctor based in the United Kingdom, UK has been exonerated by UK’s Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service from rape allegations levelled against him by his former girlfriend friend, identified as Dr Bolanle Aseyan.

Inibehe Effiong, who’s one of the Human rights lawyer, who also happened to be Olufunmilayo’s lawyer in Nigeria, revealed this in a post with screenshots of the judgement from the tribunal on his Twitter handle Wednesday, 19th of July, 2023.

The Nigeria-based social media influencer who had taken a temporary break from the Twitter platform was cleared by the UK Police after an investigation proved that the allegations were unsubstantiated [CONTINUE READING]

The statement partly read,

“Today, July 19, 2023, the Tribunal has announced their decision and determined that all the allegations made against Dr Funmi have not been proved.

“The Tribunal ruled that Dr Funmi’s fitness to practice has not been impaired.

“It is important to state that the standard of proof at the Tribunal which resulted in their findings was based on a balance of probability; and not proved beyond reasonable doubt. This is very significant because it shows that the allegation had no iota of merit or credibility.

“This latest vindication of Funmi is a victory for all victims of false accusations of sexual misconduct.[CONTINUE READING]

“As one of the lawyers to Funmi in Nigeria, I’m excited by the outcome of the case at the Medical Tribunal. The false accuser, Dr. Bolanle Aseyan, is currently facing both civil and criminal lawsuits in Nigeria for her actions.”

Freshreporters media had also gathered on October 2020, Bolanle who is based in the UK, via her handle #bola_aseyan in a series of Twitter accused Olufunmilayo of sexually abusing her.

She also claimed Olufunmilayo of being a different person from what he presented on social media platforms and stressed that she has proof of all he allegedly did to her.[CONTINUE READING]

Olufunmilayo, however, debunked the allegation melted, and the matter was dragged before the UK Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service and after three years of trial, Olufunmilayo was exonerated.