The undercover operatives of Lagos State Police Command attached to Ojo Police Station, May 25, 2018, arrested a fake lawyer, Uche Julian Nwajiakwu while trying to secure bail for his client.
Reports said Nwajiakwu, who has been impersonating since 2015, said 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 said he was handsomely rewarded after the deed and since then he kept on impersonating.
However, luck ran out on him recently, while he was arguing on a bail application for his client when intelligent lawyers in the court suspected him. The lawyers said his quackery was too obvious to be ignored.
Police investigation revealed that the suspect did not study law in any of the Nigerian universities nor anywhere else in the world.
The suspect was charged to Ojo Magistrate Court on May 30, 2018, for the offence of impersonation.
Meanwhile, this is the second time a fake lawyer is being arrested at Ojo Magistrate Court. The first was Chris Elisha, who was arrested on February 6, 2018, after being in illegal practice for fifteen years.
