JOSEPH OLUBUNMI KAYODE OYEWOLE, JCA(Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is in respect of an appeal against the final judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Gwagwalada Judicial Division, sitting in Gwagwalada, delivered on the 7th March, 2022 by A. O. EBONG, J.
The Appellant was arraigned before the trial court on a four-count charge to which he pleaded not guilty. At trial four witnesses testified for the prosecution while the Appellant was the sole witness for his defence. The case of the prosecution was that the Appellant deposed to false affidavits to the effect that the original Certificate of Incorporation of the Registered Trustees of Apo Traders Association, membership of which association he shared with PW1 and PW2 was lost and could not be found. The prosecution’s case was that based on the false representation of the Appellant that the said certificate was lost, the Appellant misled the Corporate Affairs Commission into issuing a fresh certificate wh…