Court remands fake lawyer at Correctional Centre

A suspected fake lawyer identified as Kenneth Nwuke has been ordered to be remanded at the Umuahia correctional center by a magistrate court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital.

The suspected fake lawyer was arrested by the police following a tip-off while he posed as a lawyer representing a client in a murder case at the Zone 9 Police Headquarters, Umuahia.

It was gathered that the suspected fake lawyer claimed he was given the power of attorney by the father of the deceased to represent him in the murder case which the Zone 9 Police Headquarters was investigating.

A source stated that the alleged power of attorney bears the name of a popular law firm in Aba.

It was also gathered that some members of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Aba branch who were at the police zonal command had alerted the police about the fake lawyer while he made efforts to negotiate with the parties in the murder case.

Nwuke was then arrested and arraigned at Magistrate Court 4, in charge number,U/449C/2024, Commissioner of Police Vs Kenneth Nwuke.

The Magistrate, Jane Mba, granted the application for a remand order by the police and adjourned the matter to August 30, for report of compliance.

The the chairman of NBA, Aba branch Charles Onuchukwu, who followed up the matter in court at Umuahia, commended the police for the arrest of the fake lawyer.

“Some of our members were at the zonal police command where the man came, posing as a lawyer to represent a client in a murder case. We alerted the police that he was an impostor. He was arrested”, he said.