Second Fake Lawyer Nabbed in Same Lagos Court Within 3 Months

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Detectives in Lagos have blown the whistle on a fake lawyer who had been operating at Ojo Magistrate’s Court for three years.

Police spokesman, SP Chike Oti, identified the suspected fake lawyer as Mr Uche Julian Nwajiakwu.

According to him the arrest of Nwajiakwu by officers at Ojo Division, on May 25, made it the second time a fake lawyer would be arrested at Ojo Magistrate Court.

The first was the arrest of one Chris Elisha who was nabbed on February 6, 2018, after being in illegal practise for 15 years.

He said that Nwajiakwu had been practising illegally since 2015.

The suspect allegedly told the police that he fell in love with law practice, when his friend commissioned him to act as a lawyer in order to serve his tenant a quit notice and he was handsomely rewarded after the deed was done.

Nwajiakwu was arrested on May 25, while he was arguing on a bail application for his client when intelligent lawyers in the Court became suspicious. The lawyers allegedly said his quackery was too obvious to be ignored.

Oti told NewsmakersNG: “The police investigation into the case, thus far, revealed that the suspect did not study law in any of the Nigerian universities nor anywhere else in the world. He was charged to Ojo Magistrate Court on the 30/05/2018, for the offence of impersonation.

“In view of this incident, the CP Lagos, reiterated his warning to professional bodies to properly scrutinise people professing to be members of their body.  According to the CP, this is one incident too many and must be checked. The CP noted that the Command had in the recent months, arrested fake medical doctors and other spurious health workers including fake journalists.”

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