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Services Front Page Back Page Advert Rates Subscription News Home National International Business News Abuja Reports Sports Politics Sun Girl Editorial Editorial Issues Letters Opinion Columnists Community Standard Guestbook View Guestbook Sun Chatroom   Features Apettit Arts BlockBuster CEO Magazine Celebrity Fashion City Sun Crime Watch Covert Choice CyberSun Enterprise Everyday Heroes Exquisite Property Fashion & Celebrity Fashion & Beauty Favourite File Health Magazine How I write Life Style Living Mafia Series Man in the street Man in the pulpit Managing a Law Firm Me & My God Media People Money Motoring Power Game Romance Romantic Faction Senior Citizen Showtime Smoking Guns Sun Splash Sunlight of Islam Travels Window of the world Window on widows Woman of the Sun Women in Business Women & Me Videoscope Weekend Sun Saturday Sun Sunday Sun Weekend Sports Weekend Cartoons Company Profile About Us Management Contact Us   Court records were doctored, says judge who By Godwin Tsa, Abuja Tuesday, July 6, 2004 • Ibori Photo: Sun News Publishing National Index As the identification trial involving the Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori entered second day on Monday, the Bwari Upper Area Court judge that tried him in 1995, Alhaji Awwal Yusuf says the original proceedings of the trial have been doctored. The Judge who was answering questions under cross-examination by counsel to Ibori, Chief Paul Milton Ohwovoriole (SAN) specifically stated that charge No. CR 81/95, which was brought against the governor in 1995, as contained in the First Information Report (FIR) was doctored to read charge No. CR 81/95, adding that Ibori’s name was replaced by one Shuaibu Anyebe. Awwal further told the court that vital pages concerning the trial of the governor were removed from the record of proceedings, particularly pages 877-889 of the record. The Judge, who is prosecution witness I (PWI) had earlier told the court that he convicted the governor in 1995 on a two-count charge of negligent conduct and criminal breach of trust. Before the revelations, the Chief Registrar of the High Court, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Hajiya Aisha Abubakar Ibrahim brought before the court, two documents relating to the trial, viz: the criminal complaint book of the Upper Area Court, Bwarri, and the record containing the records of the court, which were admitted and marked as exhibits C-D by the court. The Registrar told the court that the documents were authentic and official records of the court, "but if some pages were removed then the authentic documents were tampered with." Meanwhile, some inconsistencies were noticed in the evidence of the prosecution witness as the name of the governor was not contained in the criminal complaint record of the Upper Area court. Ibori’s name was not also contained in the five First Information Reports brought before the Upper Area Court on September 28, 1995. Meanwhile, the case has been adjourned till Monday July 12, for continuation, following the absence of the Inspector-General of Police who was to tender a police report on the investigations carried out on the matter.         HOME | ABOUT THE SUN | SPORTS | POLITICS | NEWS | COLUMNISTS | CONTACT US I ADVERT RATE © 2004 THE SUN PUBLISHING LTD. This service is provided on The Sun Newspapers' standard terms and conditions in accordance with our Privacy Policy. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material and other inquiries, Contact Us.

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