The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a fake lawyer, Adeleye Balogun, at Ota in Ado Odo/Ota Local Government of Area of the state.
The 47-year-old suspect, according to the police, has been parading himself and practising as a trained lawyer in the area for about 10 years.
The fake lawyer was nabbed on Monday by police detectives attached to the Ota Division of the command when a complainant reported the suspect to the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Division for allegedly duping him of some amount of money to the tune of N140,000.
The Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, said while the suspect’s illegal activities were being investigated, one of the respected lawyers at Ota, provided information, which aided the investigation.
Adejobi said, “While the police detectives were carrying on with their interrogation, one of the revered legal practitioners in the area alerted the police of the suspect’s criminal antecedents.
“He urged the police to widen the scope of their interrogation, hence the confession of Adeleye Balogun, who has been practising at a popular chamber in Ota for a decade, as a fake legal practitioner.”
Adejobi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said the state Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, has demanded a thorough investigated.
“The suspect and others, who might be indicted in the course of police investigation will be charged to court without delay and their details be sent to the Nigeria Bar Association and other concerned groups/bodies for necessary action, ” he said.
Ali also expressed disappointment in some individuals who engaged themselves in nefarious activities and dupe innocent Nigerians of their hard earned income.