Ogun Fake Lawyer Arrested While Defending Case In Court
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 wa arrested on Friday at Magistrate’ Court 6 in the Ifo Local Government Area of the state. Idris was said to have appeared before Chief Magistrate I. A. Arogundade in a civil case between one Ifeanyi Chukwu and Ayo Itori. He allegedly claimed to be a counsel from Tajudeen O. Idris & Co. Chambers and was representing one of the parties. The state Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO) disclosed this. The PPRO said the suspected fake lawyer’s conduct and his manner of presentation before the chief magistrate aroused suspicion about his qualification as a lawyer. 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. “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. Consequently, the DPO, Ifo Division, detailed his operatives to the scene, where the suspect was apprehended and he is currently undergoing investigation.”
The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police, had expressed concern over the increase in the number of fake lawyers swindling people of their hard earned money. The Commissioner of Police recalled that not less than five cases of fake lawyers had been reported since his assumption of office less than two months ago.