By Akpokona Omafuaire
A suspected fake lawyer identified as Kenneth Nwuke, has been remanded at
the Umuahia correctional centre by a magistrate court sitting in Umuahia, Abia
State.
The fake lawyer was arrested by the Police following a tip-off while
posing as a lawyer representing a client in a murder case at the Zone 9 Police
Headquarters, Umuahia.
Nwuke was arraigned at Magistrate Court 4,in charge
number,U/449C/2024, Commissioner of Police Vs Kenneth Nwuke.
The Magistrate, Jane Mba, granted the application for a remand order by
the Police and adjourned to 30/8/2024, for report on compliance.
His travail started according to sources when the suspected fake lawyer
claimed that he was handed over a power of attorney by the father of the
deceased to represent him in the murder case pending at the Zone 9 Police
Headquarters
Police sources told Journalists that the alleged power of attorney bears
the name of a popular law firm in Aba.
It was further gathered that some members of the Nigeria Bar
Association, NBA,Aba, who were at the police zonal command had alerted
the police to the fake lawyer while he made efforts to negotiate with the
parties in the murder case.
The NBA Aba branch led by its chairman, Charles Onuchukwu Esq, followed
up with the matter in court and commended the police for the arrest of the fake
lawyer.
He said; "Some of our members were at the zonal police command
where the man came,posing as a lawyer to represent a client in a murder case.
We alerted the police that he was an impostor. He was arrested.
"Finally today being 17th July 2024,he was arraigned at the Umuahia
magistrate Court 4,in charge number U/449C/2024,Commissioner of Police vs
Kenneth Nwuke wherein he was remanded at Umuahia correctional centre."
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