Revolutionizing Evidence Gathering: An overview of the Evidence (Amendment) Act 2023. By Emmanuel Ikwuakolam
On the 12th of June 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed, the Evidence (Amendment) Act 2023 (‘the Act’) into law. This amendment ushers in radical changes to the practice and procedure of evidence taking in Nigerian courts. The Act does not repeal the Evidence Act, 2011(the ‘Principal Act’). It, however, amended certain provisions of the …