The Kwara Police command in arraigned one land speculator, Peter Itopa Adogun, for allegedly practising as a legal practitioner in Ilorin, Kwara state.
It was learnt that the suspect has been committing the act for about 10 years, he 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 after the petition by 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.
The suspect 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 allegedly collecting the certificates from its original owner under the pretence of helping him get an employment in an oil company in Ilorin, Kwara state.
He was arrested while he was hiding inside the roof of his house.
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