A 35-year-old man, Muhammed Aliyu Agbaje, suspected to be a fake lawyer, has been arrested by men of the Osun state police command.
Parading the suspect before newsmen in Oshogbo, the state capital, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Olawale Olokode, said on August 4, one Muhammed Aliyu Agbaje appeared at the CP’s Surveillance station, Obelawo Area, Osogbo to represent and seek for the bail of a suspect who was arrested for the offence of ‘threat to life’ and claimed to have come from the chamber of one Barrister Adeleye in Ibadan.
Olokode said Agbaje was detected to be fake and was arrested and taken to his residence at Owode Ede in Osun State. Upon search, some exhibits were reportedly recovered including various types of amulets.
The police boss said the suspect confessed to have been impersonating to be a lawyer and duping unsuspecting victims.
He said the suspect will be charged to court after the completion of the investigation.