Documentary Evidence (136)
HELD:
"In Minister of Lands Western Nigeria v. Dr. Azikwe (1969) 1 All NLR 49, Coker, J.S.C. said at page 59:
HELD:
"In Onobruchere v. Esegine (1986) 1 NWLR (Pt. 19) 799, the appellants challenged the admissibility of exhibits E; E1 and E2, which were uncertified copies of original documents of Official Record (including judgments).
HELD:
"One main objective behind section 97(2)(c) of the Evidence Act is to ensure the authenticity of the document tendered vis-a -vis the original.
HELD:
"The law is clear on this issue, that every public officer having the custody of a public document which any person has a right to inspect shall give that person, on demand, a copy of it on payment of the prescribed legal fees, with a certification at the foot of the document, that it is a true copy of its original.
HELD:
"...certify, put simply, means to authenticate or vouch for a thing in writing.