Abuja court allows video in trial despite defence protest

A High Court successful Abuja has refused a petition by defence lawyers to forestall a video from being played successful tribunal successful a lawsuit involving alleged papers forgery and impersonation.

The lawsuit is earlier the Federal Capital Territory High Court and involves Abuja-based lawyer Victor Giwa and different defendant.

At Wednesday’s hearing, the prosecution sought the court’s support to play a video showing Giwa speaking astatine a property conference. In the video, helium allegedly criticised the judiciary and described it arsenic corrupt. The prosecution argued that the video was indispensable to assistance the tribunal successful decently determining the case.

Lawyers for the archetypal suspect objected. They argued that the video did not conscionable the ineligible requirements for physics grounds nether Section 84(4) of the Evidence Act. According to them, the video was not decently certified and did not comply with the rules governing the admissibility of integer grounds successful court. They contended that allowing it to beryllium played would contravene the law.

The 2nd defendant’s lawyer supported the objection, insisting that physics grounds indispensable strictly comply with the conditions acceptable retired successful the Evidence Act earlier it tin beryllium relied upon.

In response, the prosecution argued that the video had already been admitted arsenic an exhibit. They informed the tribunal that the idiosyncratic who mad...