NBA raises alarm over activities of fake lawyers within Ikorodu

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikorodu branch in Lagos has
raised the alarm over what the body described as activities of
quack lawyers operating within their jurisdiction and bringing the
name of the association into disrepute.

The association made this known in a letter by its chairman
Adebayo Akinlade to the Inspector General of Police, the President
of NBA and Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2,
explaining that the association is being ridiculed by the
activities of fake lawyers led by a man identified as Dr Charles,
who allegedly parades himself as a lawyer and extorts money from
unsuspecting members of the public.

The NBA said it is concerned because as an association of legal
practitioners called to the bar, it is their duty to ensure that
the society is cleansed of any form of criminal activities, adding
that since the law is not a respecter of any person, it is
important to bring to an end the act of lawlessness of such
people.

The association further alleged that the said Dr Charles and his
cohort are culpable of criminal conspiracy, a threat to life and
impersonation as well as intimidation, false information, forgery,
obtaining by false pretence, which the NBA believes are conducts
that are likely to cause a breach of peace.

“Being legal practitioners, who were called to the Bar and
practising till date, it is our duty to ensure that the society is
cleansed of any form of criminal activities of this person who has
been parading himself as a lawyer and as a result, enriches himself
by duping innocent members of the public.

“It is imperative to state among the surreptitious means used by
Charles in duping people, are not but limited to proclaiming
himself as personal assistant to vice President Yemi Osinbajo, by
collecting huge sums of money from clients under the guise of
filing court processes on their behalf. He also moves about
parading himself as a close ally to the former governor of Lagos
State, Senator Bola Tinubu.

“His act of lawlessness cannot be quantified as they are
barbaric and absurd. It is our firm belief that the law is no
respecter of anybody. All efforts to make him change his fraudulent
acts have proved abortive. We have been facing challenges over fake
lawyers within our jurisdiction in the last two years. We hereby
seek to alert the constituted authorities to investigate these
assertions so as to bring him to book. We have all evidence to back
our allegations against him and we shall not hesitate to provide
them when required,” NBA stated.

Similarly, the families of Ajako and Shosanya of Owode Ibeshe in
Ikorodu, have also complained of criminal conspiracy and a threat
to life against the said, Dr Charles. The families through their
legal representative, Tayo Ladega of A. B. Ladega and Associates
had written to diverse security agencies to complain of Dr Charles
intimidation while claiming to be a lawyer, allegedly using mobile
policemen to harass them on their properties.

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