EFCC arrests suspected fake lawyer for alleged forgery, impersonation

Date: 2022-01-14

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a suspected fake lawyer, Adekola Adekeye, in Lagos on charges of impersonation and forgery, a statement by the commission said on Thursday.

The anti-graft agency's statement signed by its spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said Mr Adekeye had visited the Lagos zonal of the commission on Tuesday posing as a lawyer to secure the release of a detained fraud suspect.'

The statement said he was, however, exposed when investigators dug in further to verify the documents he tendered to secure the bail of the detained suspect:

Read EFCC's full statement:

EFCC Press Release

Fake Lawyer in EFCC Net For Forgery, Impersonation

Operatives of the Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a fake lawyer, Adekola Adekeye, whose stock-in-trade is forging documents to perpetrate fraud.

Adekeye's travail began on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 when he came to the Lagos Command of EFCC posing as a lawyer to secure the bail of a suspected fraudster who is in the Commission's custody.

However, nemesis caught up with Adekeye, when investigators dug in further to verify the documents he tendered to secure the bail of the suspected fraudster.

A search at his residence further unearthed several forged documents dating back to 2005, including forged Lagos State University and Kwara State College of Education documents.

He also claimed to be the owner of "A.A. Emmanuel & Co. Chambers", which he had been using to perpetrate frauds until his arrest.

He will soon be arraigned in court.

Meanwhile, the Commission will continue to ensure that such impostors using fake personalities and documents to procure the bail of suspects are made to face the wrath of the Law.

Wilson Uwujaren

Head, Media & Publicity

13 January.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

ARMTI     Ghali Alaaya     Baba Issa     Solomon Edoja     Manzuma     Neo Mundo Ltd     Temi Kolawole     Elekoyangan     Yakubu Dogara     Durbar     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     ER-KANG     IDPU     NULGE     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     General Hospital, Ilorin     James Ayeni     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Adeniyi Ojo     Democracy Day     Gbenga Olawepo     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Convocation Ceremonies     Damilola Yusuf     Grillo     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Oloriegbe     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Abdulwahab Ololele     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Ayo Salami     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Olayinka Are     Ilorin Central Mosque     LABTOP     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Nigerian Army     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Quareeb     Tunji Folami     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Kolo     Afolayan     General Hospital, Offa     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     SARS     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Omu Aran     Okin Biscuits     Mohammed Yisa     Mope Dasuki Belgore     NTA Ilorin     National Broadcasting Commission     Adebayo Salami     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Ojuekun     Seun Bolaji     KSIRS     Halimah Perogi     Razak Atunwa     Abdulhakeem Amao     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Samuel Adedoyin     Oniwa     Idris Amosa Saidu     Third Estate     Obuh     Saliu Ajia     First Lady     Share-Tsaragi     Olokoba     Christopher Ayeni     Idowu Laro     Ijagbo Health Centre    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Rafiu Olasile     Twitter     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Ilorin Metro Park     Kwasu     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Niyi Osundare     Kwarareports     Turaki     Lola Ashiru     Ilorin Central Mosque     KWSIEC     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Police Commissioner     Daud Adeshola     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Egbewole     Femi Agbaje     Bankole Omishore     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Muhammadu Buhari     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Adamu Atta     Abegunde Goke     National Pilot     Oloje     T And K FOODS     Olatinwo     Roheemat Hammed     Bamidele Adegoke     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Dan Masanin     Saka Aleshinloye     Emir Of Lafiagi     Tsado Manman     Ojo Fadumila     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Kwara Liberation Group     Sola Saraki University     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Barakat Community Secondary School     11th Galadima     Wahab Abayawo     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Lateef Fagbemi     Hamza Usman     CUTI     Kwara     Abubakar Aliagan     AbdulHamid Adi     Olabode George Towoju     Ghali Muhammed     Www.Kwarareports.com     Kawu     ER-KANG Mining     Olaiya Zuberu     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Kwara Restoration Project     Agboola Abdulraheem     Balogun Ajikobi     Kassim Babamale     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Borgu     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Tayo Awodiji     Doyin Awoyale     Ronke Adeyemi     Ajuloopin     Arca Santa     Olatomiwa Williams     Raymond Olaitan     Rafiu Ajakaye     Eghe Igbinehin