Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC
Alleged $8.4m Fraud: EFCC Urges Court To Dismiss Ajudua’s Application
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today, urged Justice Josephine Oyefeso of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos to dismiss an application filed by an alleged serial fraudster, Fred Ajudua. Ajudua allegedly defrauded former Chief of Army Staff, Ishaya Bamaiyi of $8.4m while both were in Kirikiri Prison custody in 2004 for different offences. Ajudua, alongside some accomplices, had allegedly approached Bamaiyi and convinced him that he could hire the legal services of Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, at the cost of $8.4m to help secure his release. At the resumed hearin…
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