The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 50-year old man identified as Azeez Agboola for allegedly parading himself as a legal practitioner.

Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed the arrest of the suspect in a statement on Thursday.

The suspect who is resident in the Oko Afo area of Badagry in Lagos State, was arrested while appearing as a counsel before Chief Magistrate B.I. Ilo at the Chief Magistrate Court in Agbara, Ogun State.

Oyeyemi said the suspect’s presentation in court aroused the suspicion of the chief magistrate who invited the police to arrest him for proper interrogation, in order to authenticate his claim of being a lawyer.

“Upon his arrest, the suspect was personally interrogated by the Divisional Police Officer (Agbara Division), Superintendent of Police Dahiru Saleh, and he confessed that though he read law in the university, he has not been called to bar since he has not passed the law school examination,” the statement said.

In his reaction, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, ordered that the suspect be charged to court as soon as possible.