A 55-year-old man, John Nwawuto Anoruo, has been convicted and fined ₦270,000 by the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja for impersonating a legal practitioner and using a forged seal of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
Justice Abdulfattah Molawale Lawal delivered the judgment on Tuesday after Mr Anoruo pleaded guilty to a two-count charge brought against him by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The court convicted Anoruo on charges bordering on impersonation and the fraudulent use of a counterfeit NBA seal.
Justice Lawal imposed a fine of ₦120,000 on the first count and ₦150,000 on the second count, bringing the total fine to ₦270,000, payable to the Lagos State Judiciary.
The court also ordered the forfeiture of the forged NBA seal and the legal practitioner’s attire recovered from the defendant to the Federal Government through the EFCC.
