Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ikoyi, Lagos have commenced an investigation of a suspected fake lawyer, John Anoruo, for possession of a forged seal of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA.
Anoruo, who operates a legal and educational consultancy in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, was arrested by EFCC operatives on Monday, April 20, 2026.
According to the commission, his case began after he submitted a petition dated September 22, 2025 to the EFCC, on behalf of his clients, against the management of a company, Global West Vessel Specialist Nigeria Limited.
However, investigations revealed that both the petition and the subsequent Letter of Withdrawal dated March 5, 2026, bore a forged seal of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, which Anoruo confessed to have obtained from an undisclosed business centre in Lagos.
During investigations,the 55-year-old claimed that although he obtained a Law degree in 2018 from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, through evening classes, he did not attend the Nigerian Law School.
EFCC disclosed that the suspect will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
In a related development, a suspected operator of a cybercrime training centre, popularly referred to as a “Yahoo school,” Goodluck Ejimiyare, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by Justice (Prof.) C. A. Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City.
Ejimiyare was earlier apprehended by troops of the Nigerian Army 4 Brigade Headquarters alongside 17 youths at the facility known as “Hustle Kingdom,” after which he was handed over to the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for further investigation.
During interrogation, several of the youths reportedly admitted that they had been recruited by Ejimiyare into the operation, which authorities described as a training ground for internet fraud activities.
The anti-graft agency subsequently arraigned him on March 30, 2026, on an amended one-count charge bordering on conspiracy with one Ebuka Henry Eze, who is currently at large, to commit internet fraud. READ MORE
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