Artificial Intelligence and Digital Evidence in Nigerian Courts
In courtrooms across Nigeria, a quiet challenge is emerging. Lawyers are increasingly confronted with evidence they cannot easily verify; screenshots, audio recordings, video clips, and documents that may have been generated, manipulated, or fabricated using artificial intelligence. The statute governing the admissibility of electronic evidence, the Evidence Act 2011 (as amended in 2023), was enacted in an era of emails, PDFs, and CCTV footage. While the Act underwent amendment in 2023, the reforms did not address the emergence of generative AI technologies or the evidentiary issues arising from AI-generated content, including deepfakes, synthetic audio, and large language models.

Justice in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Is Nigeria’s Evidence Act Adequate for AI-Generated Evidence?

In courtrooms across Nigeria, a quiet challenge is emerging. Lawyers are increasingly confronted with AI-Generated evidence they cannot easily verify;..

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