The police in Kwara State have arrested a man, Mr. Peter Adogun, for alleged impersonation and use of forged documents.
The First Information Report disclosed that on November 28, 2016, at about 5.20pm, one Oyetunji reported that Nigeria Bar Association received complaints from individuals alleging that Mr. I. T. David, who practised as a legal practitioner in the state was not an authentic lawyer.
It added that Adogun was apprehended by the police while appearing as a legal practitioner before the Area Court 1, Ilorin, and was subsequently transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for a discreet investigation.
The FIR said investigation conducted by the SCIID revealed the real name of the suspect as Peter Adogun and not Inufin Taiwo David, whom he impersonated.
The report further stated that photocopies of certificates of Inufin Taiwo David presented by the accused as his own were credentials the suspect allegedly deceitfully collected from a lawyer by the name who practised in Abuja.
He allegedly collected the documents on the pretext of assisting the original owner in securing employment in an oil company.
The FIR said, “It was further revealed that Adogun practised and appeared in several matters in all levels of Nigerian courts up to the Supreme Court with the adopted name of ‘Bar I.T. David.’ The suspect has also prepared and signed several legal documents and court processes in the same adopted name.
“In another development, the suspect failed to report back to the police when requested to do so following the administrative bail given to him on November 29, 2016, while investigating the allegation against him.
“However, he was later re-arrested in the attic of his house at about 8am on January 7, 2017, after a prolonged manhunt for him. At the point of his arrest at his residence on ‘F’ Division Police Station Road, Tanke, Ilorin, a complete set of a legal practitioner’s robe which included one set of a lawyer’s gown, wig and beep were seized.
“Other incriminating items relating to his fraudulent practice as a legal practitioner, which include legal books, complementary cards in his adopted name, bundles of cash receipts for his practice, copies of legal processes in various courts prepared and filed by him, and several other incriminating items relating to his fraudulent legal practice, were recovered from him.”
He said he was not aware that he had been using his documents to practise law.
The police report said investigation revealed that Adogun was not a legal practitioner as he claimed, and did not undertake any law programme in any institution.
The suspect was subsequently arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court in Ilorin.
When the matter came up on Wednesday at the court presided over by Mrs. I.O. Olawoyin, a Principal Inspector of Prisons from the Mandella Maximum Prison, Ilorin, Mr. Samuel Bobinihi, said the accused was ill and had been taken to a hospital.
The Chief State Counsel, Mr. Ayoola Akande, said he had been informed of the development.
The magistrate said after treatment he should be brought to court to face trial and defend himself.
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