whether the Respondent has established a case of forgery against the Appellant. Sections 363 and 364 of the Penal Code read: “363 whoever makes any false document or part of a document with intent to cause damage or injury to any person to part with property or to enter into any express or implied contract or with intent to commit fraud or that fraud may be committed, commits forgery, and a false document made wholly or in part by forgery is called a forged document. 364 whoever commits forgery shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years or with fine or with both.” The object of forgery is to cheat others by wrongful acts of make belief as genuine document the accused knows is not genuine but only calculated to deceive in order to obtain unmerited and unconscionable favour and benefits to the detriment of the person to whom the document may be presented.” The document alleged to be forged is a Federal Government Certificate of occupancy with No: 77/77/73 dated 7/8/2001. In the offence of forgery, the prosecution must prove the following: 1. That there is a document or writing. 2. That the document or writing is forged. 3. That the forgery is by the accused person. 4. That the accused person knows that the document or writing is false. 17