A Nigerian consultant anaesthetist, Adekunle Okunuga based in the United Kingdom has been reinstated following his suspension from work for flogging his son.
The 59-year-old medical personnel who was arrested after birching his son in June 2014, blamed his cultural background in Nigeria for the act, Daily Mail UK reports.
He told the medical body that corporal punishments are common in Nigeria.
Okunuga flogged his son for misbehaving in school and made him to stand on 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 on an injured girl during physical education lesson.
In 2015, Okunuga’s name was ordered to be removed from the medical register after he was found guilty of professional misconduct by a disciplinary panel.
He was was also arrested and convicted at Leamington Spa magistrates court for ill treating a child, sentenced to eight weeks in jail and ordered to complete 160 hours of unpaid work.
The boy was temporarily put in foster care and was later returned to his family.
Okunuga who has been working in National Orthopaedic Hospital Lagos, is now free to return to work at University Hospital, Coventry, United Kingdom.