Drama ensued today at the Federal Capital Territory High Court over the credentials of Kenechukwu Okeke, the lawyer who filed a criminal complaint before an Abuja Magistrate Court over the actions of 50 persons in the October 2020 EndSARS riot.
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) said the lawyer is a fake because he is not on the list of directory of lawyers in Nigeria.
At the hearing of the matter on Monday, the case was called up and there were introductions from the celebrities, others.
Deji Adeyanju’s lead counsel, Samuel Ihensekhien, informed the court that Kenechukwu Okeke, who appeared as the first defendant, and as a counsel for himself, is not a lawyer.
The NBA Abuja Capital Chairman, Chukwuemeka Clement, also appeared in the case as amicus curea (a friend of the court).
He further informed the court that by an official letter filed by the NBA chairman of Abuja branch, the purported first defendant in the case, Okeke, who has been filing different court processes all over Nigeria was actually not a lawyer.
The NBA said Okeke was not called to the bar and the NBA would further take legal and prosecutorial steps against Okeke in the case.
The NBA chairman, Chukwuemeka and another representative of the NBA, also aligned with the applicant’s counsel’s submission and informed the court of an official NBA letter evidencing all the submissions above and further documentary evidence and authentication from NBA website that Okeke was not a lawyer.
He informed the court that the NBA would be prosecuting Kenechukwu Okeke for impersonation in the case, and in view of all the above, the FCT High Court presided by Justice Bello Kawu then adjourned the case to March 30, 2021.