FRAUD: FRED AJUDUA DISCHARGE AND ACQUITTED BUT STILL HAS CASE TO ANSWER

Fred Ajudua, was today October 15th, discharged and acquitted   of a $1.69m fraud charge brought against him in 2003 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Ajudua,  was then alleged to have duped two Dutch businessmen of $1.69m  in order to help facilitate government contracts worth $18m.

 A Lagos High Court judge, Justice Kudirat Ajose ordered that Mr Ajudua be discharged of the case since no foreign witness was willing to come forward to testify against Ajudua charges.

Case fast forward, Ajudua is also accused of defrauding a former Chief of Army staff, Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi of $8.4m while they were both serving prison time at the Kirikiri prison in Lagos between November 2004 and June 2005 is still  pending before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye.

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