20th October, 2015 attached to exhibits 2 and 4 marked “X” with
the name Lamar Abbagana was signed by the Defendant and the
Defendant by exhibit 6, admitted to swearing to the affidavit.
Also, the learned prosecuting Counsel referred me to exhibits 2
and 4 wherein attached and marked Xi is a federal capital
Territory
application for re-certification
certificate of
and re-issuance of
occupancy dated 30th November, 2005 with the
name of Lamar Abbagana but bearing the passport photograph of
the Defendant and signed also by the Defendant. And the
Defendant by exhibit 6, admitted to filing the recertification form.
Further, at pages 11 and 12 of the final written address of the
complainant, the learned prosecuting Counsel referred me to the
testimonies of PWs1 and 4 and document marked A- A5 and B –
B5 with the disputed documents marked “X” and “X1” the
prosecution submitted that by the methodology used by PW4 he
came to the conclusion that the author of the known specimen
signature marked A-A5 also signed the deponent and Applicant
column of the disputed documents marked ‘X’ and “X1”. She
submitted that the evidence of PW4 was not discredited in the
course of cross examination and she referred me to section 68 of
the evidence Act, 2011 and urged me to accept the evidence.
Furthermore, the learned prosecuting Counsel urged me to take
judicial notice of the passport photograph on exhibit 7 and the
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