A 47 years old man, Tajudeen Olufemi Idris, has been arrested by the police for falsely parading himself as a legal practitioner.
The suspected fake lawyer was arrested on Friday at Magistrate Court 6, Ifo, Ogun State, while appearing as a legal counsel before Chief Magistrate I.A. Arogundade in a civil trial between one Ifeanyi Chuckwu and Ayo Itori.
He claimed to be a legal counsel from Tajudeen O. Idris & Co. Chamber representing one of the parties.
According to the spokesman of Ogun State Police Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement made available to FrontPage, the conduct of presentation of the suspect before the Chief magistrate triggered suspicion about his qualification as a lawyer.
That was said to have prompted the chief magistrate to ask him of the year he was called to the bar, which he claimed to be 2009.
But further enquiries revealed that his name was nowhere to be found amongst those called to bar in 2009, hence, police were notified.
Consequently, the Divisional Police Officer, Ifo Division, Â Adeniyi Adekunle, detailed his operatives to the scene where the suspect was apprehended.
He is said to be currently undergoing investigation.
