A 38-year-old man, Lukman Olayiwola was on Wednesday arraigned earlier than the Chief Justice of the Peace Courtroom No 2, sitting in Oyo City, Oyo State on two counts allegations bordering on willfully presenting himself as a authorized practitioner and fraudulently acquiring cash from an unsuspecting ‘shopper.’
The case file with Cost Quantity: MOY/222C/2024 mentioned the accused individual, typically in September, 2023 on the Monitoring Unit Workplace of the Nigeria Police at Durbar, Oyo willfully offered himself as a authorized practitioner to 1 Police Inspector Oluwole Olugbade who was the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) in a case of acquiring cash by false pretences involving one Olubayo Abiodun.
The Police mentioned, the offence is opposite to, and punishable beneath Part 22 of the Authorized Practitioners Act, Cap L11, Legal guidelines of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
On the second depend, the defendant, whereas performing as a authorized practitioner to 1 Olubayo Abosede, allegedly fraudulently obtained the sum of One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100, 000.00) from Olubayo beneath the pretext of serving to her to facilitate the monitoring and arrest of a suspect by operatives of the Monitoring Unit.
Police due to this fact accused the defendant of committing an offence opposite to, and punishable beneath part 419 of the prison code, 3cap 38 quantity ll Legal guidelines of Oyo State of Nigeria 2000.
The courtroom presided over by a Chief Justice of the Peace, S.T. Tolani-Balogun, admitted the accused individual to bail after pleading not responsible to the 2-count cost.
The courtroom granted the accused individual bail because the Police Prosecutor, Fola Osegbade Esq. didn’t oppose his bail utility.
In the meantime, the Oyo Department of the Nigerian Bar Affiliation, (NBA) which has monitored the case from the time the suspect was arrested, pledged to make sure that the prosecution was correctly adopted to its logical conclusion.
Chairman, Oyo Department of the NBA, Olajide Olanipekun Esq., acknowledged this in a press release despatched to LEADERSHIP in Oyo on Wednesday, the place the authorized practitioners’ physique disclosed {that a} delegation led by a former Secretary of the department, O. Ashade Esq. was in courtroom for the arraignment of the defendant on behalf of the Bar.
NBA Oyo Department additionally counseled the Police for being proactive in arresting the accused individual in the midst of their investigation after presenting himself as a lawyer.
Olanipekun vowed that “Oyo Bar will depart no stone unturned to rid its rank of faux Legal professionals.”
The case was subsequently adjourned to October 3, 2024 for listening to.
