certificate of occupancy No. 77/77/73 and I so hold. I have no doubt
Annexture A came from the defendant to Lead British School and I so
hold. P.W.3’s evidence is that Annexture B was given to Amasi Okon.
This evidence of P.W.3 was not discredited under cross examination. All
questions
put
to
P.W.3
by
defence
counsel
were
geared
towards
establishing that the transaction between the defendant and Amasi Okon
was a loan transaction and not on the sale of land and the documents
given by the defendant. I find the fact that the defendant gave Annexture
B to Amasi Okon proved and I so hold.
P.W.3 in his evidence stated that the defendant admitted in her
statement that she committed the offence of forgery. In Exhibit 7A, the
defendant stated as follows:
“When I collected the loan I gave him my C of O of (my)
property
situated
at
Gwarimpa
Estate,
Plot
10,
Federal
Government Layout, Abuja like I wrote before that I gave him
10million he refuse saying he wants the hole (sic) money am
still trying to put money together to pay him like I said British
School has nothing the said property belong to them, they
have nothing to doing in this matter as far as am concern.
The one that was (said) sold to British school was the one
that came out first. The second one I applied say that I lost
the original and I was giving (sic), that was the one I used in
getting the loan, why was that was the only thing I have to
get what I want, like I said I do not say I will not pay. I
want to pay, all I need is time.”
The defendant in her statement admitted that she gave both Lead British
International School and Amasi Okon certificates of occupancy over her
land. In her oral testimony in her defence she stated clearly that she gave
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