Four Suspected Land Grabbers Face Court Over Impersonation of Lawyer in Fraud Case
Four individuals suspected of land grabbing have been arraigned at an Upper Area Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, on charges of impersonating lawyer Imam Fulani to prepare fraudulent land agreements.
The suspects-Ojo Ibrahim, Shuaibu Eleke, Abdulrauf Sodiq, and Daudu Teslim-face trial following a petition by Olayinka Jimoh, secretary of the Ilorin branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), to the police on 17 April 2025.
The petition highlighted allegations that the suspects forged land agreements under the name of Barrister Imam Fulani. A First Information Report (FIR) was filed, alleging the documents were falsely attributed to the lawyer to legitimise illegal land transactions.
"On 16/04/2025 at about 1300hrs, One Barrister Olayinka Dauda Jimoh 'm' of NBA house, brought a letter of Petition to 'A' Division Police Station llorin, against
You Ojo lbrahim 'm' of No 20 Budo-Oke, Bala road Eyenkorin, you Alhaji Shuaibu Eleke 'm' of No 75, Okelele, Ilorin Ilorin, you Abdulrauf Sodiq 'm' and You Daudu Teslim "m" of Bala road Eyenkorin , that on 15/4/2025 at about 1400hrs, you Ojo lbrahim was found in possession of some already prepared land document purported to be prepared by Barrister Imam Fulani. That when Imam Fulani was contacted he denied preparing such agreement and he doesn't know the person who is in possession of the agreement.
"During the course of Police investigation it revealed that all of you criminally conspired and fraudulently connived to prepare the document impersonating a lawyer. Meanwhile, it is the right of lawyer to prepare a land instrument as stated in section 4 of the land instrument (preparation) Law of Kwara State.
"At (A' Division Police Station Ilorin, when you were question, you could not give a satisfactory answer to the charge. You ther?by committed the above mentioned offences," the FIR stated.
In a short ruling, Justice Sunday Adeniyi, granted bail to two of the suspects but ordered that the other two suspects be remanded at the Correctional Facility in Oke Kura, Ilorin.
He adjourned the case to May 5, 2025 for further mention.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Imodoye Writer’s Enclave Kale Bayero Yetunde Balogun Tunde Mukaila Mustapha Umar Yakubu Jaja Ibrahim Jawondo AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem Freshvine Nigeria Limited Kwara 2023 Egbewole Olaiya Victor Mobolaji John Olobayo Olabanji Orilonishe Theophilus Oyebiyi Park Abdulahi Abubakar Bata Abdullahi G. Mohammad Ahmed Saidu Rufai ENetSuD Eleja Taiwo Banu Elerin Of Adanla Irese Abubakar B.M Omu-aran Lanre Issa-Onilu Mike Omotosho Mamman Saba Jibril Wahab Egbewole Akanbi-Oke Saka Saadu Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan Awoye Ayo Salami Zara Umar Saka Asiat Ayinke Abdulsalam A. Yusuf Modibo Kawu Ishola Balogun Fulani Ajayi Okasanmi Kwara State Branch Of The National Library Barakat Community Secondary School Abdulmumini Jawondo Okin Group CCT Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners Lawal Arinola Kudirat Ajasse-Ipo Kale Belgore Kwara State Pension Board Salman Alada Funmilayo Braithwaite Bukola Ajikobi Ubandoma Kwha.gov.ng Congress For National Consensus Valsolar Consultoria Yomi Ogunsola School Of Nursing Al-Adaby Jelili Yusuf Sunday Otokiti Niyi Osundare Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation Kulende Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen Henry Olaosebikan Shehu Jimoh Kisira Goodluck Jonathan General Hospital, Ilorin Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu IFK Florence Saraki Oke-Kura Shagari Modibbo Kawu Lanre Issa Onilu Saliu Ajibola Ajia