ADEBUKUNOLA ADEOTI BANJOKO, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an Appeal against the Ruling of the High Court of the Federal Capitol Territory, Abuja, delivered by HONOURABLE JUSTICE U. P. KEKEMEKE in Charge No: FCT/HC/CR/176/2023 wrongly stated on the face of the Record to have been delivered on the 19th day of October, 2023, but which by reference to Pages 924 to 926 of the Records of Appeal (Vol. 11), was actually delivered on the 5th day of October 2023.
The Records of Appeal was transmitted to this Court on the 14th day of November, 2023.
The Appellant (Defendant), who was standing trial at the Lower Court for the offence of Forgery, sought to tender a public document titled, "Technical Bid" in the course of his Examination-in-Chief. However, the Lower Court rejected its admissibility on the ground that the document, although duly certified, failed to comply with Section 104 of the Evidence Act, relating to payment of legal fees for certification.
The Appellant, dissatis…