A doctor, who worked for an NHS hospital trust after making a "wholesale fabrication" of his CV, has been struck off.

Dr Tochukwu Akah admitted more than 20 false claims, including pretending to have worked as a chief medical officer in Nigeria, the Medical Practitioners Tribunals Service (MPTS) said.

It was "fortuitous" that no patients at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were harmed, the panel heard.

The trust, which employed him as a clinical fellow in haematology [blood physiology], has been approached for comment.

Akah claimed on his application form to have won awards for "best student in internal medicine" and "distinction in pathology" at a Nigerian university, the MPTS said.

He said he had worked as "Chief Medical Officer in the emergency department" in Nigeria and had published research on sickle cell disease.

The doctor also claimed to have independently carried out stem cell transplants, bone marrow biopsies and blood transfusions.

However, none of the claims were true, the tribunal said.

Akah failed a course with the UK Resuscitation Council, which deemed him unfit to practice, the panel heard.

Barrister Jade Bucklow told the hearing: "It is simply fortuitous that we do not have a case of patient harm within this allegation."

She said Akah was not currently working in the UK or for an NHS trust.

The tribunal concluded: "This was a wholesale fabrication of awards, publications, presentations, and experience, designed to meet the criteria for job selection on a fictitious basis."

It said patients were exposed to "significant risk", although there was no evidence that any were actually harmed.

The panel removed Akah from the medical register with immediate effect.

The NHS trust, where he worked from September 2024, has main hospitals in Basingstoke and Winchester.

Akah was dismissed from his post after hospital colleagues raised concerns about him, the tribunal heard.

The trust subsequently reported him to the General Medical Council in May 2025, triggering the MPTS hearing.