tendered, has been purportedly signed. Details of our
argument will made in our final address.
Chile Okoroma Esq: The document sought to be tendered is the original
document signed and therefore admissible in evidence on the
face it. The essence of fronting loading is only to give the
other party notice. At the address, the reply will contain the
details and the document is admissible as that is not the
condition of admissibility that the document must confirm
with what is in the proofs. We urge the court to
discountenanced the objection.
Court:
On the basis of the evidence of PW3 and the substance of the
contents of the original document sought to be tendered, the
document is relevant and admissible. According the
complaint against Dahiru Mohammed (the defendant)
written by Hamza Liman & Co. addressed to the EFCC
Zonal Head, Sokoto dated 23/6/2021, sought to be tendered
in evidence by the prosecution, is hereby admitted in
evidence and marked as Exhibit ‘B’.
Chile Okoroma Esq: You said the defendant volunteered a statement,
how was the statements recorded?
PW3:
The statement was written by the representative of the
defendant. The 1st was written down by the friend of the
defendant and the additional statement was recorded by his
counsel on the EFCC statement sheet bearing the EFCC logo
and the inscription of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission on the face of it. The defendant before making
the statements was duly cautioned in English language and
interpreted to him by his friend and the 2nd one by his
counsel, which he duly signed after undertaking the contents.
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