Nigeria, May 18 -- A forensic examiner told the FCT High Court in Abuja on Monday that a passport with the name, Tali Shani, presented in a London property ownership case involving senior lawyer Mike Ozekhome, was forged.

Bamaiyi Mairiga, an official of the Department of Forensic Examination of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said, "In this particular case, the data page of the Nigerian international E-passport bearing the surname Shani, other names Tali and passport number A07535463 is a forged data page."

Mr Mairiga is the second prosecution witness in the alleged forgery case, and his testimony speaks to one of the charges the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) preferred against Mr Ozekhome an...