ADC crisis: Court declares Nafiu Bala’s ADC resignation letter fake

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A Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that a purported resignation letter by former ADC Deputy National Chairman, Nafiu Bala, is not genuine. Read More:…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected a purported resignation letter allegedly written by former African Democratic Congress Deputy National Chairman, Nafiu Bala, ruling that the document was not genuine.

Justice Peter Lifu, in his judgment, delivered on Thursday November 5, held that the disputed letter, which the ADC faction led by former Senate President, David Mark, relied on to establish Bala’s resignation, was not authentic.

In a Certified True Copy of the judgment obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday, the judge said his examination of the signature on the purported resignation letter alongside signatures on Bala’s witness statements on oath revealed material differences.

He consequently ruled that the document could not be relied upon as proof that Bala voluntarily relinquished his position in the party.

Justice Lifu held that the certification of a document did not automatically establish the authenticity of a disputed signature, noting that the court was required to examine the evidence before reaching a conclusion.

“The fact that a document is certified, however, does not, by that fact alone, settle a genuine dispute as to whether the person named in it, actually signed it.

“Certification may establish the status of the copy as a true copy of the document in the custody of the certifying authority; it does not necessarily establish the authenticity of the disputed signature.

“The court must therefore consider the document alongside the other relevant evidence,” he held.

The judge further explained that a court could compare disputed signatures with admitted or otherwise established specimens without necessarily requiring expert evidence in every case.

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