an official seal that was to be affixed on all court documents. Since the introduction, original affidavits issued in Lagos high court jurisdictions usually have the seal attached to them. But according to TheCable’s findings, many agents have perfected the falsification of the seal, thereby denying the government of much-needed revenue. This is a first-hand account by AYODELE OLUWAFEMI.
Once done, the next agenda was to obtain the seal and stamp at a shop in the shopping complex of the Nigeria Police Force training school. The shopping complex is opposite LASUTH and a few miles from the court.When I inquired why we were heading to the NPF shopping complex, and not the court, he assured me that it was normal practice. “Don’t worry, that is where we usually do it,” he said. At the shopping complex, he took me to Shop 08, where a fair-skinned woman attended to us.
After printing the required information at a nearby internet cafe, we entered the court premises and he asked me to stay in the corridor while he entered the building to secure the stamp and official seal. I insisted on accompanying him inside but he said it was not necessary. Minutes later, he returned with the affidavit which bore a stamp but had no official seal, while he kept assuring me that I got the best deal from him.
“The applicant involved is required to get the oath of the commissioner on the document in order to authenticate such a document. After the signature of the commissioner of oath, the next thing should be the seal. I collected the signed affidavit and proceeded to the section of the room occupied by the cashiers. I handed the signed affidavit to the cashier and he demanded N500, which is the official amount stipulated by the Lagos state government. Subsequently, the cashier attached the official stamp of the Lagos state government.
ProfOsinbajo GarShehu femigbaja nassnigeria HouseNGR This thing has being going on for almost half a century! Nothing new here! We are used to getting our affidavites along the road! 🤣
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