Lawsuit Threat for Exposing a Sneaky Nigerian Doctor’s Sexual Misconduct Investigations
I woke up to a demand letter in my inbox from a lawyer representing Dr. Adegbenga Rabiu, threatening to sue me unless I delete my public interest journalism.
Dr. Rabiu is currently practicing in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan as a pediatrician. He was the subject of two sexual misconduct investigations in Ontario that led to him being essentially banned from practicing medicine in that province.
He then quietly relocated to Saskatchewan to continue his practice, and is now facing two charges of dishonest conduct for allegedly hiding those past sexual misconduct investigations from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (CPSS).
The video report he wants removed is the one in which I introduced exclusively obtained documents from the CPSS. In those documents, the Registrar demanded the revocation of his license, stating that they would not have given him a license had they known about his history in Ontario.
Now, Dr. Rabiu wants that video report gone and is threatening to sue me unless I delete my report.
I am not going to delete the report. I stand firmly by my public interest journalism, and I will never waver from my commitment to the public good.
You cannot relocate from another province and try to bury your past while having access to the most vulnerable members of our society: children.
I was the only one to cover this story, and I did so without the intention of profit or clicks. But now I need your help to forcefully defend my journalism against this threat, so that the report can stay up and the families in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan can make an informed decision about who they are trusting.
I've been BANNED from ALL HOSPITALS for a journalistic inquiry regarding a SUSPENDED foreign doctor
I’ve been banned from every Alberta Health Services hospital for a year after a short visit back in March in which I calmly asked a nurse if a doctor would be available for an interview and left when told no.
No raised voice, no confrontation, no refusal to leave.
In fact, I was never even asked to leave. Yet a full facility-wide trespass ban was served to me months later.
The doctor in question is suspended in South Africa, and he is now accused of negligence over the death of Baby Alita. I was doing my due diligence as a journalist attempting to extend him the opportunity for his side of the story.
The ban is disproportionate, retaliatory, and completely unwarranted. Public interest journalism in Alberta shouldn’t be punished; it should be protected. I haven’t experienced such a ban even in South Africa, which supposedly has less press freedom than Alberta.
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I’ve just been banned from all hospitals and AHS facilities over a frivolous allegation of harassing a doctor.
All I did was ask the nurse if the doctor would be available for an interview after his shift.
When the nurse told me he doesn’t want to speak with me, I said goodbye and left the building.
But even after my departure, he still filed a completely false report against me, which I was made aware of today.
The whole interaction was recorded via my secret camera. It will prove that the harassment accusation is a totally baseless fabrication.
This doctor is suspended in South Africa, and according to a report, the reason for his suspension is due to fraud and misrepresentation. That’s why I was extending him an opportunity to comment.
Journalism isn’t a crime. AHS should immediately correct this unacceptable ban.
Stay tuned for more.
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