as if they were genuinely issued by Maitama District Hospital. I had considered the submission of the Defendant’s learned counsel, which I believe is misplaced, that the prosecution failed to call the nominal complainant, who he referred to Aniukwu Richard Chinonso, mentioned in the Charge to be at large, which omission, according to learned counsel, was fatal to the case of the prosecution. By my understanding, it is not the law that there must be a nominal complainant in every criminal matter before the prosecution can prove their case. Even where there is nominal complainant, the prosecution is not bound to call such a nominal complainant in order to establish criminal liability of the Defendant. In 52