Luck has ran out on an alleged fake lawyer who has been practicing for 15 years after his cover was blown.
Chris Elisha after he was arrested
A self-professed lawyer, Chris Elisha who had been practicing as a lawyer for the past fifteen years without being spotted, was yesterday 6th of February, 2018, arrested at Ojo Magistrate court where he appeared on behalf of an accused person but found it difficult to move a motion for the variation of the bail condition of his client.
He was caught after one Barrister Nnamdi Samuel Nwafor challenged his qualification saying that even a newly qualified lawyer that is yet to cut his teeth at the bar would have been able to move a motion without qualms.
The hot argument between both men attracted the attention of other lawyers and the court duty policemen.
The officers took the suspect to the nearby Ojo Police Station where he confessed that he is a mere ” charge and bail lawyer” who had been practising for the past fifteen years.
He claimed he was more into corporate law practice and does little of litigation. He stated further that he read law at Eastern Ukrainian University, in the former Soviet Union but had no certificate to show for it.
“Barrister ” Chris Elisha told the police that he is a native of Avodim Ubakala in Abia state.
The suspect is currently undergoing interrogation at the X- Squad Section of the State Police Command Headquarters and would be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation.