Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Office, have arrested a 53-year-old man, Muhammed Bolaji Abdulraheem, for allegedly parading himself as a lawyer and obtaining money under false pretence.
The Commission accused the suspect of using dubious means to defraud his client, Mallam Yusuf Bello, of N300,000.
In his petition to the EFCC, Bello alleged that Barrister Abdulraheem recovered the sum from his debtor and claimed that the money was in the custody of the Commission.
However, when confronted, Abdulraheem confessed that the money was never brought to the EFCC, neither did the Commission know anything about it.
According to the anti-graft agency, the story took a new dimension on Monday when the suspect destroyed his initial statement that he was called to the Bar and has been practising the legal profession for more than two decades.
The confession came following the Commission’s discovery that the suspect never passed out of the Nigerian Law School as he failed the prescribed examinations twice.
Consequently, the suspect will soon be charged to court.