okay; that the meaning of window search is that a document is
presented at the search office and you return the following day to get
the search result: a copy [of the documents submitted] is marked either
“Okay” or “Bad”; that he conducted the search in February 2010 and was
not given any other document in confirmation of the search.
The trial wound to a close with the testimony of the DW2, and the final
written address filed and exchanged pursuant to the orders of this court
were subsequently adopted in open court by learned counsel on both
sides of the divide.
The final address filed on behalf of the accused
persons by B. L. Tebira, Esq. is dated 19/3/15 but filed on 23/3/15, whilst
the Prosecution’s final address settled by Jamila Mamman Shata was
filed on 2/4/15. The following four (4) issues are distilled in the written
final address filed on behalf of the accused person:
1.
Whether Exhibit P1 is a forged document?
2.
Whether Exhibit P1 was forged by the accused person?
3.
Whether the accused person had any intention to defraud
one Deacon Daniel Okhionkpamwonyi with the intention of
obtaining by false pretence the sum of N6.2m?
4.
Whether the accused person used as genuine a purported
forged document?
On the part the Prosecution, a sole issue for determination is formulated
as follows:
Whether the Prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable
doubt against the accused person as required by section 135 of
the Evidence Act?
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