Electronically Generated Evidence

The court today therefore faces a serious challenge to cope with technological development especially as regards its treatment of electronically generated evidence. The issue of admissibility of evidence is crucial to any trial whether civil or criminal as it has the capacity to determine the outcome of a case one way or the other. It is worthy of note that the Evidence (Amendment) Act 2023 permits the admissibility of electronic-generated-evidence. However the Act is plagues with some vital issues and in an attempt to address these fundamental issues regarding the admissibility of electronic-generated Evidence; this research work examined electronic-generated evidence under the Nigerian Adjudicatory Jurisprudence. The major findings in the work is reflected on fact that the evidentiary rule on admissibility of electronic-generated evidence is the major achievement of the 2023 Evidence Act which is a right step in the right direction. However there is still more to do because the provisions on the issue of admissibility of electronic generated evidence are not adequate.