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.