genuineness of the signatures contained in the documents. The
letter of the Head of Operations and the letter of the Head of
Forensic Unit of the Commission with attached documents were
admitted in evidence as exhibit 4.
PW1 also testified that the person whom the Defendant sold the
plot no. L84, one Uchechukwu was also invited and he made
statement to the Commission. However, PW1 testified
that
Uchechukwu later died. The statement of Uchechukwu was
admitted in evidence as exhibit 5.
PW1 testified that as part of their investigation activities and
obtaining of statements, the confessional statements of the
Defendant and the Defendant were taken to his superior one ASP
Faga for endorsement and it was indorsed.
PWs3 and 4 as I said earlier, are also officers of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission. PW3 Rakkiya Gimba testified
pursuant to a subpoena served on her to produce and tender in
evidence the Certificate of Occupancy. PW3 testified that the
Certificate of Occupancy bears the name of the Defendant and
the passport photograph on it is also that of the Defendant. The
Certificate of Occupancy was admitted in evidence as exhibit 7.
While PW4, Benedict Agwueye, a forensic document examiner
with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission testified to
the analysis he carried out on the two sets of documents
forwarded to him by one Abdulkadir Jimoh, Head of Operations of
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for examination. After
the examination of the documents, PW4 issued a report. The
report was admitted in evidence as exhibit 8.
PW2, Maryam Buba was the property agent that purchased Plot
L84 Dape District from the Defendant. According to her, that one
Suleiman brought to her a photocopy of land in Dape measuring
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