Maitama District Hospital, from where the documents purportedly emanated. I agree with the submissions of the prosecution learned counsel that forgery could be proved by direct or circumstantial evidence. See Osondu Vs. FRN (supra). It is also the position of the law that it is not rocket science that a forensic examination must be conducted in order to prove forgery. See Akinbisade Vs. State [2006] 17 NWLR (Pt. 1007) 184, where the Supreme Court held as follows: “It is not in all cases that the absence of evidence of handwriting expert is prejudicial to the case of the prosecution. While such evidence could be a desideratum in some cases, it is not invariably so. Where there is a strong connecting link between the accused and the document to the extent that 49