COURT REMANDS 60 YEARS OLD MAN FOR IMPERSONATION

A 60-year-old man, Kolawole Alamutu, who allegedly impersonated a lawyer, on Monday appeared before an Ojokoro Magistrates' Court in Lagos. The defendant, who resides at No. 1B, Jibowu Estate, Abule-Egba, is facing a two-count charge. According to the Prosecutor, Clara Olagbaiye, the defendant falsely presented himself as a barrister at the New Oko-Oba Police Station in Lagos State, at 5:30p.m. on Feb. 8. "Alamutu had gone to the police station to represent one Mrs Funmi Tijani, who was invited for questioning. "When he was giving a statement, he addressed himself as a barrister, saying that he was called to bar in 1975," she said. According to Olagbaiye, policemen noticed some irregularities in his statement and asked him to produce his call to bar certificate but he could not. She said that the offences contravened Sections 77 and 318 of the Criminal Code of Lagos State. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty, and was granted bail by the Magistrate, Mrs A.O. Olayinka, in the sum of N150,000 with two sureties in like sum. The case was adjourned till March. 5 for mention.