How Police arrest fake lawyer in Enugu
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a man, Festus Ozonwanji, for allegedly claiming to be a lawyer in court, the News Agency of Nigeria has reported.
The command also said that its operatives recovered a seal believed to be that of the Nigerian Bar Association and other legal documents from the suspect.
Spokesperson for the police in the state, Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement on Saturday in Enugu that the suspect was arrested on October 11.
Amaraizu said that the suspect was arrested by the legal department of the command through intelligence information.
The statement stated, “He was arrested having allegedly presented himself as a legal practitioner at a court in the Ezeagu Local Government Area.
“However, the suspect later denied being a legal practitioner upon interrogation, saying he just graduated from the Law Faculty of the National Open University of Nigeria and has been acting as a legal practitioner’’, Amaraizu said.
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a man, Festus Ozonwanji, for allegedly claiming to be a lawyer in court, the News Agency of Nigeria has reported.
The command also said that its operatives recovered a seal believed to be that of the Nigerian Bar Association and other legal documents from the suspect.
Spokesperson for the police in the state, Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement on Saturday in Enugu that the suspect was arrested on October 11.
Amaraizu said that the suspect was arrested by the legal department of the command through intelligence information.
The statement stated, “He was arrested having allegedly presented himself as a legal practitioner at a court in the Ezeagu Local Government Area.
“However, the suspect later denied being a legal practitioner upon interrogation, saying he just graduated from the Law Faculty of the National Open University of Nigeria and has been acting as a legal practitioner’’, Amaraizu said.
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