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 .
Idris was said to have appeared before Chief Magistrate I. A . Arogundade in a civil case between one Ifeanyi Chuckwu 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 , Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Monday .
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 .
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 , CSP Adeniyi Adekunle , detailed his operatives to the scene , where the suspect was apprehended and he is currently undergoing investigation . ”
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 .
Ajogun recalled that not less than five cases of fake lawyers had been reported since his assumption of office less than two months ago .
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 .
He added , “ Another suspected fake lawyer , Elijah Ayodeji Ojo , was also arrested at the Ajuwon Police Station on the 28 th of June, when he came to solicit a so-called client, who was having a criminal matter with the police .
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