The law is that documents/statements admitted in
evidence no matter how useful they could be, would
not be of much assistance in the absence of
admissible oral evidence by persons who can explain
their purport.
The proper person through whom a document is
tendered is the maker of the document. If a person
who is not the maker of the document tenders same,
the Court as in this case will not attach any probative
value to the document because the person tendering
the document not being the maker cannot answer
question arising from any Cross-examination.
In the circumstance of this case, Exhibits A, C, C2 and
C3 are Statements made by persons who were not
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