PW3, Supt. Rakiya Gimba in her testimony pursuant to a subpoena served on her tendered exhibit 7, the Certificate of Occupancy bearing the name of Lamar Abba Gana Gadzama and the picture on exhibit 7 is that of the Defendant. And under cross examination by the Defendant, PW3 testified as follows: “Exhibit 7 was retrieved from Mr. Godwin Uchechukwu but now late. I can’t recalled the date I retrieved it. It is correct we investigated the case thoroughly before we now retrieved the Certificate of Occupancy, exhibit 7 from late Godwin Uchechukwu.” The evidence of prosecution witnesses nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and exhibits 2 with attached documents marked X and Xi, A – A5, B – B5, and exhibit 8 with the same attached documents; also documents attached to exhibit 2 and marked D3, D5, D8, D9, D11, D14 – D17, all lend credence to the evidence of PW5 and confirmed exhibit 1 which are in tandem with the act of making a false document or altering a genuine one for same to be used. PW7, the wife of Lamar Abba Gana when shown exhibit 7 and the passport photograph on it testified that the passport photograph on exhibit 7 is not that of her husband. And the learned prosecuting Counsel at page 12 paragraphs 3 and 4 of her final written address urged me to take judicial notice of the passport photograph on exhibit 7 and the document marked XI to be that of the Defendant standing trial before this Honourable Court in this case. She further urged me to take judicial notice of the signature of the proof of evidence accompanying the charge dated 31st May, 2011 which was signed by the Defendant along with the signatures on the document marked X and XI, the specimen signature marked A – A5, the Defendant’s written statements exhibits 6, 6(a) and 6(b) wherein the Defendant signed these documents. The learned prosecuting Counsel also urged me to take judicial notice of the specimen signatures marked B – B5 and the 28

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