Court remands suspected fake lawyer over forgery in Osun

A Justice of the Peace Court docket sitting in Osogbo, Osun Relate, has ordered the remand of a suspected flawed attorney, Oruhu Emmanuel Odey, over alleged forgery and fraud.

The defendant modified into arraigned before Justice of the Peace Olusegun Ayilara on a four-depend impress bordering on impersonation, fraud, stealing, and forgery.

The Prosecution Counsel, Saheed Anifowose, told the court docket that “between December 15, 2020, and Can even 9, 2021, the defendant falsely paraded himself as a attorney to deceive one Dr. Olujuwon Philips Towoju into procuring two homes at Oroki Property, Osogbo.”

He said that the act modified into opposite to Fragment 109 of the Legal Code, Cap 34, Volume 2, Legal guidelines of Osun Relate.

The prosecutor extra alleged that “Odey fraudulently obtained N18.5 million from Dr. Towoju below the pretence of facilitating the property transaction as a legal practitioner, opposite to Fragment 419 of the Legal Code.”

He modified into also accused of stealing the identical sum belonging to Dr. Towoju, an offence opposite to Fragment 383 and punishable below Fragment 390(9) of the Legal Code, Legal guidelines of Osun Relate.

He also printed that “Odey allegedly forged the Nigerian Bar Affiliation (NBA) mark and seal, which he affixed to a petition written to the Commissioner of Police on the Ogun Relate Reveal.”

The prosecutor said the act contravened Fragment 467 of the Legal Code.

The defendant, who had no legal representation in court docket, pleaded not responsible to your entire prices.

Justice of the Peace Ayilara recalled that the accused had once seemed before him in 2020 throughout the COVID-19 interval, which Odey admitted.

Responding to the Justice of the Peace’s queries, Odey disclosed that he’s on the moment learning Laws at Benue Relate College.

The court docket session witnessed the tough presence of the NBA, Osogbo Branch, with former chairman, Yemi Abiona, and the incumbent chairman, Mauruf Adediran, main six other attorneys to listing the affiliation.

The NBA is listed as a nominal complainant within the subject.

Justice of the Peace Ayilara ordered that Odey be remanded on the Ilesa Correctional Centre and adjourned the case till October 21 for existing.