•Fake lawyer nabbed in Delta
Two weeks after spotting a fake lawyer at Favour Plaza along Udu Road, a team of lawyers from the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Udu Branch in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State led by David Omage yesterday caught another fake lawyer, Godspower Ogoba.
This comes two days after the police arraigned Olubuwe Ossai Silas in charge NO: MCON/2C/2025 at the Magistrate Court Ovwian for impersonating a lawyer, reports Vanguard.
Secretary of NBA, Udu Branch, Austin Nyekigbe confirmed the development in a statement today.
He noted that the suspect was apprehended yesterday, Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
Nyekigbe said the suspect was apprehended in a business centre at Ufuoma Street, Ovwian preparing a Deed using the name and seal of the late Samson Ugbogbo Esq, and that of Jonathan Eguaveon, Esq. who is currently in the US.
“According to Godspower, he charged 5k for the Deed of a land of N5.5M. He has been handed over to the Police and he is presently cooling off at the Ovwian Police Station,” Nyekigbe said.
Meanwhile, Silas was charged to Magistrate Court Ovwian Monday and granted bail of N1million with surety of like some.
“Issue of quackery is dangerous to professional bodies as they constitute grave danger. We won’t rest until we rid the NBA of fake lawyers,” NBA Chairman Udu, J. E Odohisi Esq, stated.
