A 47yrs old man Balogun Ayodele has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command on 02/04/2019 for impersonating to be a lawyer.
Trouble started when the suspect appeared as a defence counsel for somebody standing trial in a magistrate court at Ilaro.
His appearance and presentation aroused the suspicion of the magistrate who threw several legal questions at him but he was unable to answer any of the questions.
Read Also:
- New FCT CP, Olatunjii Disu Assumes Office, Vows Zero Tolerance Approach to Crime and Criminality
- CAS Presents Group Personal Accident Cheque’s to Families of 13 Deceased NAF Officers: Honours Flying Officer David Sangokoya for Winning International Cadet Sword of Honour at UK Royal Air Force College, Cranwell.
- NDLEA Intercepts N9Billion worth Opioids in Rivers; Arrests Canadian Lady al Lagos Airport with 35.20kg of Loud
The magistrate subsequently invited the Police from Ilaro area Command to arrest and investigate him. On interrogation, he confessed that he is never a lawyer and that he has been going to court under pretence of been a legal practitioner for quite some time now.
While the investigation was going on, a prison warden came to identify him as an ex-convict who just finished serving a six months jail term on a similar offence.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Bashir Makama has ordered that the suspect be arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction as soon as the investigation is concluded.
He also warned that Ogun State will not be conducive to anybody who chooses crime as a way of life.
DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi,
PPRO, Ogun State Police Command