60-year-old Man Charged For Impersonating A Lawyer

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Kolawole Alamutu yesterday appeared before an Ojokoro Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly impersonating a lawyer.

The 60-year-old defendant, who resides at 1B, Jibowu Estate, Abule-Egba, is facing a two-count charge.

Police Prosecutor, Clara Olagbaiye, said the defendant falsely presented himself as a barrister at the New Oko-Oba Police Station in Lagos State, at 5:30p.m. on February 8.

“Alamutu had gone to the police station to represent one Mrs Funmi Tijani, who was invited for questioning.

“When he was giving a statement, he addressed himself as a barrister, saying that he was called to bar in 1975,” Olagbaye said.

According to Olagbaiye, policemen noticed some irregularities in his statement and asked him to produce his call to bar certificate but he could not.

She said that the offences contravened Sections 77 and 318 of the Criminal Code of Lagos State.