FAKE LAWYERS TOO MANY
The undercover operatives of Lagos State Police Command attached
to Ojo Police Station, on Friday the 25/05/2018, arrested one Mr. Uche Julian
Nwajiakwu for impersonating as a lawyer.
This
made it the second time a fake lawyer is being arrested at Ojo
Magistrate Court. The first was the arrest of one Chris Elisha who was
arrested on 6th of February, 2018, after being in illegal practice for
fifteen years. Meanwhile, Uche Julian Nwajiakwu, the latest man to be
arrested for illegal law practice had been on the game since 2015.
According
to the suspect, he fell in love with law practice when a friend of his
commissioned him to act as a lawyer in order to serve his tenant a quit
notice. He was handsomely rewarded after the deed and since then, there
was no looking back.
However, luck ran out on
Julian Nwajiakwu on 25/05/2018, while he was arguing on a bail
application for his client when intelligent lawyers in the court
suspected he was a laid back. The lawyers said his quackery was too
obvious to be ignored.
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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