POLICE ARREST FAKE LAWYER WHO PRACTISED FOR 10YEARS, APPEARED IN SUPREME COURT, WON CASES

Police command in Kwara state has arraigned a land
speculator,Peter Itopa Adogun, for
allegedly practising as a legal practitioner in Ilorin, Kwara
state for about 10 years, even appeared before justices up
to the Supreme Court. .
He allegedly practised under the name of an Abuja based
lawyer, Inufin David Taiwo. He was arrested by the police
following a petition by the leadership of the Nigerian Bar
Association (NBA), Ilorin Branch.
He was arraigned on a five-count charge of false
personation, resistance or obstruction be a person of his
lawful arrest or escape, using as genuine, forged
documents, fabricating false evidence and wearing or
carrying token used by public servant.
Adogun was practising with photocopies of a Certificate
issued by the Council of Legal Education, dated March 27,
2007, a certificate of Call to the Bar, dated May 8, 2007 and
a Bachelor of Laws Certificate of the University of
Maiduguri, dated February 21, 2005 as well as an NYSC
certificate dated March 5, 2008, all in the name of Inufin
David Taiwo. .
He was accused of collecting the said certificates from its
original owner under the pretence of helping him to secure a
job in a popular oil company based in Ilorin, Kwara state. .
It was further revealed that the suspect has practised as a
legal practitioner and appeared in several matters in all
levels of Nigerian Courts up to Supreme Court. He was
eventually arrested while hiding inside the roof of his house.
Alabatvnews.