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Thompson Nsisongabasi
Oct 06, 2020
A 47-year-old suspected fake lawyer, Tajudeen Idris, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for posing as a legal practitioner.
The suspect was arrested on Friday at Magistrates' Court 6 in the Ifo Local Government Area of the state.
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Idris was said to have appeared before Chief Magistrate I. A. Arogundade in a civil case between one Ifeanyi Chuckwu and Ayo Itori.
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He allegedly claimed to be a counsel from Tajudeen O. Idris & Co. Chambers and was representing one of the parties.
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The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
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Oyeyemi said the suspected fake lawyer's conduct and his manner of presentation before the chief magistrate aroused suspicion about his qualification as a lawyer.
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The PPRO said the suspect's action prompted the chief magistrate to ask him for the year he was called to the bar, which he claimed to be 2009.
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"But further enquiry revealed that his name was nowhere to be found among those called to the bar in 2009, hence the police were invited.
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"Consequently, the DPO, Ifo Division, CSP Adeniyi Adekunle, detailed his operatives to the scene, where the suspect was apprehended and he is currently undergoing investigation.ÔÇØ
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The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, had expressed concern over the increase in the number of fake lawyers swindling people of their hard-earned money.
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Ajogun recalled that not less than five cases of fake lawyers had been reported since his assumption of office less than two months ago.
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According to the PPRO, on August 12, 2020, 56-year-old Sylvester Ogbagu was arrested at Sagamu while parading himself as a lawyer; while one Adedeji Ebenezer was also apprehended on the court premises at Itori on August 5, 2020, while appearing for a client; he was tried and subsequently sentenced to three years' imprisonment.
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He added, "Another suspected fake lawyer, Elijah Ayodeji Ojo, was also arrested at the Ajuwon Police Station on the 28th of June, when he came to solicit a so-called client, who was having a criminal matter with the police.
"Likewise, one Lawrence Oyedunu was arrested in Sango Ota while presenting himself as a counsel to a suspect.
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"The CP therefore called on the state branch of the NBA to put necessary machinery in motion to check the activities of these fraudulent people.
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"He also appealed to those who wish to be lawyers to take a cue from the determined effort of a traditional ruler in the state.
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"The Towulade of Akinale, who at 75 years of age, still endeavoured to go to the Law School because of his interest in the legal profession rather than impersonating.ÔÇØ
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SOURCE: PUNCH
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— Thompson Nsisongabasi