Nigeria, April 16 -- A Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) officer said on Thursday that while a passport presented in a London property ownership case involving senior lawyer Mike Ozekhome shared features of a genuine copy, it has no record in the NIS database.

The principal staff officer to the comptroller-general of the NIS, Akim Aridegbe, said this under cross-examination by defence lawyers during a hearing in the impersonation and forgery trial of Mr Ozekhome and his co-accused Ponfa Useni.

The trial, which started earlier in the year, is ongoing at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja.

The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) arraigned Messrs Ozekhome and Useni on 12 counts of forgery and imper...