Fake lawyer jailed three years

A fake legal practitioner, Melvin Oromidayo, has been sentenced  to three years imprisonment with hard labour having being found guilty of three counts of forgery, Impersonation and fraud by the Magistrate Court sitting in Ipetumodu of Osun State.

Penpushing reports that , the fake lawyer pleaded guilty to the three counts  and the Magistrate, Abosede Sarumi, sentenced Oromidayo, the terms would run concurrently ,declaring  that, a sinner must not go unpunished.

The judge condemned the conduct of  Oromidayo and wondered about the countless sorrows  hemust have caused aggrieved families who saw the lawyer as their savior, adding that the sentence would serve as a deterrent to other offenders and the convict.

“On count one, two, three, I sentence him to three years imprisonment on each count respectively with hard labour and without an option of fine”, the Magistrate ruled.

Penpushing further reports that, the prosecutor, Joseph Adebayo, earlier said that the convict committed the offence on January 20 at Ipetumodu Magistrates’ Court, Ife North Local Government Area of Osun.

The prosecutor told the court that the convict forged a stamp with the inscription: “Melvin Oromidayo Esq, Barrister Solicitor Real Legal Chamber”, adding that the convict intended that the same stamp be acted upon as genuine with the impression of presenting himself as qualified lawyer called to the Nigeria Bar.

Penpushing also reports that, the prosecutor stated further that the convict wrote a statement at the police station that he finished from Law School, Enugu, but failed at the final examination, adding that on January 21, he opened up and confessed he was not a law student or attended any university, but went to Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, and studied Estate Management.

The police prosecutor stated that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 467(4) and 484 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Osun, 2002.