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.

Wahab Isa     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Dankaka     Risikat Lawal     Bolakale Kawu     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Olaoye B. Felix     Jumoke F. Ajao     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Clara Nwachukwu     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Millennium Development Goals     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Gaa Olobi     Crystal Corner Shops     Kehinde Boyede     Mahe Abdulkadir     Alabere     Esuwoye     HYPPADEC     Wale Oladepo     Aisha Gobir     Valsolar Consortium     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Ahmed \'Lateef     Abdulfatai Baakini     Olatinwo     Dauda Adesola     Saka Saadu     Akeem Olatunji     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     KWSIEC     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     African Democratic Congress     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Lanwa     Lanre Jimoh     Oba Abdulrahim     Col. Taiwo     Tafidan Kaiama     Na\'Allah     John Kehinde Salako     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Oyin-Zubair     Leke Ogungbe     Harrison Osauwagboe     Ebola     SWAN     Plat Technologies     Tinubu     Sheriff Shagaya     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Okasanmi Ajayi     Nnazua     Manzuma     Hussein Oloyede     Saliu Shola Taofeek     V.O. Abioye     Ilorin South     Hussein Olokooba     Oluranti Idowu     Kwha.gov.ng     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Henry Makinwa     Tunji Arosanyin     Ilorin General Hospital     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Yakub Ali-Agan     Ojo Isekuse     Kayode Bankole     Laolu Saraki    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

PharmAccess Foundation     Shettima Of Ilorin     Alimi     Abdulkareem Alabi     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Wale Oladepo     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Earlyon Technologies     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     AIT Ilorin     Okin Malt     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     SUBEB     Benin Republic     Ajia-Bako     Ubandoma     Olabode Towoju     Mohammed Haruna     Ambassador Kayode Laro     National Pilot     Pius Abioje     REO CAKES     Kola Ologbondiyan     Adeniyi Ojo     Kola Shittu     Maryam A. Garuba     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Afonja     Aliyu Muyideen     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Bibire Ajape     Oro Grammar School     Yakub Lai Gobir     Moronfoye     College Of Health     Ariyo     Jaigbade Alao     Lola Ashiru     Buhari     Twitter     Risikat Lawal     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Suleiman Ajadi     Kwara 2019     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Kulende     Ilorin Emirate     Habeeb Saidu     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Razak Atunwa     Kayode Alabi     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Senate     Kishira     AGM Professional Services     Kawu Baraje     ER-KANG     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Ita-Nmo Market     Oye Tinuoye     Dogara     Borgu     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Ayobami Akanbi     Iyeru Grammar School     Tunde Yusuf     College Of Education     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro