Fake lawyer convicted for impersonation, using forged NBA seal
The prosecution tendered several exhibits, including the petition filed by Olumide-Fusika, the defendant’s extra-judicial statement, correspondence between the EFCC, the Body of Benchers and the Supreme Court of Nigeria, the recovered legal attire, the forged NBA seal and evidence of a ₦300,000 bank draft paid into the EFCC’s recovery account.
A 55-year-old man, John Nwawuto Anoruo, has been convicted and fined ₦270,000 by the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja for impersonating a legal practitioner and using a forged seal of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
The court also ordered the forfeiture of the forged NBA seal and the legal practitioner’s attire recovered from the defendant to the Federal Government through the EFCC.
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