JUDGE, who claimed to be a lawyer had appeared before Justice ENEBELI in defence of a client and moved a motion for the presiding Judge to release his client on bail.
The presiding judge suspected that the alleged fake lawyer was fake after he failed to respond to question on matters of law asked that he be remanded.
The fake lawyer who completed his three month sentence yesterday was officially handed over to the police for impersonation case.
Speaking to journalist, the Public Relation officer of the Port Harcourt chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association, ANGUS CHUKWUKA explained how the fake lawyer was caught:. "Sometime around 9th september 2015 , the accused represented himself as Pastor Dr. adolphus judge Esq at high court portharcourt presided over by justice Enebeli to represent an accused person, filed a motion for the court to grant bail to an accused person in the court, the judge seeing how he was going about with the matter asked him some questions which he couldnt answer then he was found out to be impersonating"
The NBA P.R.O. warned that all fake lawyers should desist from parading themselves as lawyers
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