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A 52-year-old fake legal practitioner, Emmanuel Ifeanyi Uba, has been arrested by detectives from Federal Intelligence Bureau, Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos.
A 52-year-old fake legal practitioner, Emmanuel Ifeanyi Uba, has been arrested by detectives from Federal Intelligence Bureau, Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos.
After his arrest, the police dragged him before Tapa Magistrate's Court, Lagos Island, this morning, on a four-count charge of impersonation, forgery and attempt to obtain about N22 million from an unsuspecting client.
The charge read: 'That you, Ifeanyi Uba, on 13 August, 2007, at Trade Fair Complex, Lagos, with intent to defraud John Uka, did falsely present himself as a legal practitioner, a representation you know to be false;
'That you, Ifeanyi Uba did forge a letter-headed paper of Federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry with the intent that it may be acted upon as genuine documents to the prejudice of John C. Uka;
'That you, Ifeanyi Uba obtained under false pretence the sum of N22 million from your client, Mr. John Uka, a representation you knew to be false.'
Ifeanyi Uba, according to the police, committed the offences punishable under sections 419, 484, 465, 390 of the Criminal Code Cap C17 Vol. 2 Laws of Lagos State as amended in 2003. The suspect was speechless when the charges were read to him. The matter was still going on as at press time.