The
Police in Ogun State have arrested 47 years man, Mr Ayodele Balogun from Otta
in Ado Odo Otta Local Government Area of the state for practicing as a lawyer
in the last 10 years without training, the Nation reports.
Ayodele
who has been parading himself as a trained lawyer and practicing at the Otta
arm of the state Judiciary, was arrested by Detectives attached to the
Otta Division of the Ogun Police Command
following complainant that he had duped somebody of N140,000: 00k (One Hundred and
Forty Thousand Naira only).
The
Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said while the suspect was
being interrogated, a notable legal practitioner in Otta also alerted them of
his criminal antecedents and the need to interrogate him extensively.
Adejobi
added that the Police Commissioner, Abdulmajid Ali, who expressed
disappointment in the suspect's alleged involvement in nefarious activities,
has vowed to make Ogun State hot for criminals and unscrupulous elements.
"While
the police detectives were on with their interrogation, one of the revered
legal practitioners in the area alerted
the police of the suspect's criminal antecedents and urged the police to widen
the scope of their interrogation, hence the confession of Ayodele Balogun, who
has been practicing at a popular chamber in otta for a decade, to be a fake
legal practitioner.
"
The suspect and others,who might be indicted in the course of police
investigation,be charged to court without delay and his(their) details be sent
to the Nigerian Bar Association and other concerned groups/bodies for necessary
action," Adejobi said.
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