Fake Lawyer, Sylvester Ogbogu Sentenced To 1 Year Imprisonment

Sylvester Ogbogu who was arraigned in August 2020 and though
granted bail which he was unable to perfect until about 3 months
later, has finally been convicted and sentenced tk 1 year
imprisonment by O. L. Oke, Chief Magistrate 2 sitting at Ota, Ogun
state.

The trial on the case commenced in November wherein one Emmanuel
Koko Umana gave evidence as PWI.

Whereas 2 more witnesses were to give evidence on Monday, 14th
December, 2020, the arrested suspect who was arrested and arraigned
in court in the grounds of he parading himself as a Barrister and
Solicitor, which he having alleged to have obtained his LLB degree
at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma as well as he having been
called to the Nigerian Bar sometime in 2014, wherein after he
obtained his LLM at the University of Benin, had to change his plea
of not guilty to a plea of guilt on Monday 14th December, 2020.

The above necessitated the Chief Magistrate, O. L. Oke, a Chief
Magistrate Grade 2 to adjourn the case to today, 17th December 2020
for the prosecutor to present the facts.

Sequel to the confessional statement of the Said Sylvester
Ogbogu as well as the other overwhelming 17 exhibits which revealed
his previous activities where he represented himself to the public
and acted in the capacity of a legal practitioner, he was
eventually found guilty.

Sequel to plea of his counsel for leniency, the learned Vhief
Magistrate O. L Oke rightly held that despite the defendant change
of plea and notwithstanding the fact that he has spent about 3
months at the correctional center, in order to nip in the bud the
increasing rate of so many persons impersonation themselves as
lawyers whereas they were never so-called to the Nigerian Bar and
enrolled as Barristers and Solicitors of the Supreme Court of
Nigeria, and in order tk send a serious note of warning to others
still engaged in this nefarious activities, the said Sylvester
Ogbogu was eventually sentenced to 1 year imprisonment without any
option of fine.

Sylvester Ogbogu who was arraigned in August 2020 and though
granted bail which he was unable to perfect until about 3 months
later, has finally been convicted and sentenced tk 1 year
imprisonment by O. L. Oke, Chief Magistrate 2 sitting at Ota, Ogun
state.

The trial on the case commenced in November wherein one Emmanuel
Koko Umana gave evidence as PWI.

Whereas 2 more witnesses were to give evidence on Monday, 14th
December, 2020, the arrested suspect who was arrested and arraigned
in court in the grounds of he parading himself as a Barrister and
Solicitor, which he having alleged to have obtained his LLB degree
at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma as well as he having been
called to the Nigerian Bar sometime in 2014, wherein after he
obtained his LLM at the University of Benin, had to change his plea
of not guilty to a plea of guilt on Monday 14th December, 2020.

The above necessitated the Chief Magistrate, O. L. Oke, a Chief
Magistrate Grade 2 to adjourn the case to today, 17th December 2020
for the prosecutor to present the facts.

Sequel to the confessional statement of the Said Sylvester
Ogbogu as well as the other overwhelming 17 exhibits which revealed
his previous activities where he represented himself to the public
and acted in the capacity of a legal practitioner, he was
eventually found guilty.

Sequel to plea of his counsel for leniency, the learned Vhief
Magistrate O. L Oke rightly held that despite the defendant change
of plea and notwithstanding the fact that he has spent about 3
months at the correctional center, in order to nip in the bud the
increasing rate of so many persons impersonation themselves as
lawyers whereas they were never so-called to the Nigerian Bar and
enrolled as Barristers and Solicitors of the Supreme Court of
Nigeria, and in order tk send a serious note of warning to others
still engaged in this nefarious activities, the said Sylvester
Ogbogu was eventually sentenced to 1 year imprisonment without any
option of fine.