agent that bought the plot L84 Dape District from the Defendant
and after payment of N3,900,000.00 by PW2, the Defendant
signed all the necessary documents and handed it over to her.
At pages 7,8 and part of page 9 of the final written address of the
complainant, the learned prosecuting Counsel submitted to the
effect that the evidence of PW1, the investigating officer in this
case corroborates the testimonies of PWs 5 and 7. The learned
prosecution Counsel also relied and referred me to exhibits 1,1
(a), 1(b) as well as exhibit 2 admitted in evidence through PW6
to the effect that based on exhibit
1, 1(a), 1(b) and 2, PW1
obtained specimen signatures from the Defendant and Lamar
Abbagana along with the affidavit in exhibit 3, the application for
re-certification
and
reissuance
of
certificate
of
occupancy
contained in exhibit 2 and then forwarded same to the forensic
Unit of the Head of Operation. The learned prosecuting Counsel
referred me to the forensic expert report exhibits 4 and 8
respectively. The learned prosecuting Counsel then submitted
that the testimony of PW4, the forensic document examiner
based on its findings and conclusion is that the author of the
known signature on documents marked A- A5 also made the
signature on the disputed signature marked X-X1. The learned
prosecuting Counsel therefore contended that the evidence of
PWs 1,3,4,5 and 7 constitute direct evidence against the
Defendant. She further relied and referred me to exhibit 5, the
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