police arrest quark lawyer after 10 years

The Police in Ogun State have arrested a
47 year old man, Mr Ayodele Balogun
from Otta in Ado Odo Otta Local
Government Area of the state for
practicing as a lawyer in the last 10
years without training.
Ayodele who has been parading himself
as a trained lawyer and practicing at the
Otta arm of the state Judiciary, was
arrested by Detectives attached to the
Otta Division of the Ogun Police
Command following complainant that he
had duped somebody of N140,000: 00k
(One Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira
only).
The Police Public Relations Officer,
Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said while the
suspect was being interrogated, a
notable legal practitioner in Otta also
alerted them of his criminal antecedents
and the need to interrogate him
extensively.
“While the police detectives were on
with their interrogation, one of the
revered legal practitioners in the area
alerted the police of the suspect’s
criminal antecedents and urged the
police to widen the scope of their
interrogation, hence the confession of
Ayodele Balogun, who has been
practicing at a popular chamber in otta
for a decade, to be a fake legal
practitioner.