A 25-year-old fake lawyer, Ayanrinde AbdulGafar, has been sentenced to three-year imprisonment by the Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State.
AbdulGafar was dragged to court by the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for duping five unsuspecting victims under the guise of being a lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
The fake lawyer specialised in fraud, impersonation, stealing, and obtaining money under false pretences, prior to his arrest.
The development was made known by the Osun NSCDC spokesperson, Adeleke Kehinde, who said, “The suspect, Ayanrinde AbdulGafar, admitted to having presented himself as a barrister of law and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) to dupe five unsuspecting members of the public of their hard-earned money.
“He also confessed to stealing an iPhone worth N450,000. The conviction was secured after the suspect was arraigned at the Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, where he was found guilty and sentenced to three years imprisonment on the first count charge and three years on the second count charge.
“The magistrate further ordered the transfer of the sum of N150,000, being part of the proceeds of the crime, from the convict’s account to the victim’s account, while the Nigeria Correctional Service shall provide facility and enabling environment for the academic advancement of the convict while in custody.”
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Meanwhile, a 21-year-old suspected vandal of transformer armoured cable, Timothy Marcus has escaped death in Jigawa State.
The incident happened at Shagari quarters in Dutse, the state capital, after the residents saw the suspect trying to move the armoured cable out of the transformer.
Spokesman of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps in Jigawa State, CSC. Adamu Shehu confirmed the incident.
He said at about 1330hrs, the NSCDC received a report that a suspected electricity transformer armoured cable thief was caught by residents of Shagari quarters and seriously beaten.
Adamu said as a result, the NSCDC response squad was mobilised to the scene where the suspect was rescued, arrested, and then taken to the hospital for medical treatment.
He said after the treatment, the suspect confessed that he was invited by his friends Jamilu, aka Samari, and one other who is now at large, to partake in the stripping and packaging of the transformer armoured cable.
The NSCDC spokesman noted that it was a case of vandalization, theft, and criminal conspiracy contrary to section 1(9) of the miscellaneous offenses act, sections 286 and 96 of the State Penal Code Law, respectively.
He said the suspect would be charged to court after investigations.