EFCC Arrests 3 Lawyers For Allegedly Defrauding Pastor In Ilorin

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office has arrested three Legal Practitioners for allegedly defrauding a Pastor, Adetunji Adedoyin of his property valued at about twenty million naira.

The Accused  Lawyers are, Salman Rafiu, Sulyman Abaya and Saka Hammed while others at large are, Olarewaju Aluko and Mr Na’ Allah Suyuti.

The petitioner alleged that the suspects fraudulently obtained a Court order through a false representation and sold the property without his consent or briefing them to defend him in the legal proceedings which they instituted 

Adedoyin alleged that he was informed that summons served to him all through the Court proceedings whereas it was R.A Salman who picked and arranged his colleagues,  Abaya Sulyman and Saka Hammed to stand for him, forged my signature on some documents purporting to consent in court to the sale of the said hostel.

The petitioner maintained that in 2016, he engaged the service of a Lawyer,  Victor Okojie, in Ilorin to pursue Justice because all attempts failed, who later linked with the buyer Mr Na’ Allah and the buyer’s lawyer,  Ayodele Aluko Olarewaju,who explained that he has expanded about 12.5 million for the acquisition of the property and was willing to release it only if he gets his money back.

Adedoyin noted that the hostel was taken over again in March 2019 by the alleged buyer Mr Na’ Allah through his Lawyer,  Aluko Olarewaju on the grounds that the outstanding balance have not paid.

The suspects who have earlier denied all the allegations against them were later apologetic when the operatives of EFCC confronted them with some forged documents which they claimed emanated from the petitioner. 

Meanwhile, Efforts are ongoing to arrest other suspects indicted about the allegations.