Thus, to prove the ingredients of the offence of forgery as listed
above, the evidence of prosecution witnesses Numbers 1, 4, 5, 7,
exhibits 2, 6 and 8 are relevant in the instant case.
Firstly, as rightly submitted by the prosecution, the evidence of
PWs1, 5 and 7 are consistent with one another that the offer of
Terms of Grant/Conveyance of Approval dated 27th November,
2001 over Plot Number L84 Dape District, attached to exhibit 2
was given to the Defendant for recertification. The Defendant in
his statement exhibit 6 also admitted having received or collected
the title document over Plot L84 Dape District from PW7. PW1 in
the course of his testimony testified that they wrote to Abuja
Geographic Information System in order to enquire about the
status of Plot L84 Dape District. PW6 is the Company Secretary
and Legal Adviser of Abuja Geographic Information System and
he testified pursuant to a subpoena that on receipt of the letter
from Economic and Financial Crimes Commission dated 11th
January, 2010, he forwarded the certified true copy of the entire
policy file of Plot L84 Dape District, to the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission. PW6 identified exhibit 2 as the policy file in
which it contained documents marked D1 – D22. PW1 testified
that when they received exhibit 2, the policy file of Plot L84, they
discovered in the policy file documents in which the Defendant
signed as Mr. Lamar Abba Gana and in others the Defendant
signed as Aminu Kofar Mata. PW1 testified also that in exhibit 2,
the policy file, there was an affidavit signed by the Defendant.
PW1 then testified that as part of their investigation activities
they wrote a letter to the Chief Registrar of the High Court of the
Federal Capital Territory to ascertain the deponent of the
affidavit. The reply of the Chief Registrar is exhibit 3 and exhibit 3
reveals that the affidavit was deposed to by Lamar Abba Gana.
Then PW1 testified that he obtained specimen signatures of the
Defendant and that of Lamar Abba Gana and by exhibit 4, the
documents attached were sent to the Head of Forensic Unit as
follows: -
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