An alleged Fake Lawyer, Daji Ojo Elijah was on Wednesday arraigned before a Magistrate court in Ogun State, for alleged Impersonation.

Daji was arrested by the men of Nigeria police for allegedly parading himself as a lawyer and was accused of extorting the sum of N467,000 as a legal fee.

According to the Charge Sheet sighted by TheNigerianLawyer, the alleged fake lawyer committed the alleged offence around February, 2020 

“COUNT I: That you Daji Ojo Elijah “M” on or 24th February and 26th February, 2020 at about 1545hrs at Akute/Ajuwon in Ifo Magisterial District, did unlawfully personating yourself to be a Legal Practitioner (Lawyer) which you are not and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 109  of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2006″ the charge reads

Daji Ojo Elijah was also accused of obtaining by false pretense for allegedly collecting the sum of N167, 000.00 from one Akande Samuel, N180, 000.00 from Olalekan Adekoya and  N120, 000.00 from Esther Falowo Afolabi with the purpose of offering legal service to them. The charge reads:

“COUNT II: That you Daji Ojo Elijah “M” on same date, time and place in the aforementioned Magisterial District did fraudulently and unlawfully collected money from the following people: (1.) Akande Samuel ‘M’ One Hundred and Sixty Seven Thousand Naira (N167, 000.00). (2.) Olalekan Adekoya ‘M’ One Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira (N180, 000.00) and (3.) Esther Falowo Afolabi ‘F’ One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira (N120, 000.00) with the pretence of rendering legal services to them, which you never did, thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 419 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2006″

TNL recalls that Quit Notice dated 4th of May, 2020, full of poor grammar has gone viral in the media purportedly written by the same lawyer. Many lawyers called for investigation to ascertain if the said Daji Ojo Elijah is truly a lawyer

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