REGINA OBIAGELI NWODO, J.C.A (Delivering the Leading Judgment): On grant of leave to the Federal Attorney General as complainant to prefer criminal charges against the accused persons, the first appellant Mr. Malachi Elisha Brown and the second appellant Mr. Emmanuel Iheako were arraigned together as accused persons on the 24th of April, 2001 before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in suit NO. FCT/HC/CR/29/2000 on a four count charge which read thus:
COUNT 1
That you Malachi Elisha Brown 'M' of No 20 Station Road, Port- Harcourt and Emmanuel Iheako 'M' of Bwari Town Abuja on or about 8th December, 1999 at the Nigerian Law School Bwari Abuja in the Abuja Judicial Division agreed to do an illegal act to wit fraudulently altered the following forms: (1) Council of Legal Education application for admission 1993/94 form AI; (2)
Council of Legal Education Application for call to the Nigeria Bar., 1994 form CLE/BB/1 for 1994; and (3) Council of Legal Education Application for…