There lawyers are now in the custody of the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly faking the representation of a man whose property they later allegedly sold.
They allegedly acquired and sold a property, belonging to the man, Mr Adetunji Adedoyin, valued at about N20 million.
the EFCC gave the names of the suspects as Salman Rafiu, Sulyman Abaya and Saka Hammed.
Two others, Olarewaju Aluko and Mr Na’ Allah Suyuti, are currently at large.
Adedoyin alleged in a petition that the suspects fraudulently obtained a court judgment with which they claimed and sold his property without his knowledge and consent.
He noted that in getting the judgement, the suspects ensured that their victim, the petitioner did not get summons, but went ahead and provided defence lawyers for him without his knowledge or consent and with whom he never had any discussion.
“I was informed that I was served summons all through the court proceedings, whereas it was R.A Salman who put up his colleagues: Abaya Sulyman and Saka Hammed to stand for me and these lawyers forged my signature on some documents purporting my consent in court to the sale of my hostel.
“The truth of the matter is that I never set my eyes on these people (lawyers) prior to or during the court proceedings, neither did I participate directly or indirectly in the proceedings. I also was not aware of the proceedings from from the beginning to the end.”
The petitioner further explained that he had to pay the sum of N4.2million to the buyer, Mr Na’ Allah in order to recover his stolen property, but that “The hostel was taken over again in March 2019 by Mr Na’ Allah through his lawyer, Aluko Olarewaju, on the grounds that I have not paid the outstanding balance.”
