A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja this morning October 15th discharged
and
acquitted Fred Ajudua of a $1.69m fraud charge
brought against him in 2003 by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC. Ajudua is alleged to have duped two dutch businessmen
of $1.69m which he and his alleged partner Charles Orie claimed will
help facilitate government contracts worth $18m.
The
case was closed today after the EFCC Counsel, Mrs E.A Sanusi appealed
for the withdrawal of the case since no foreign witness was willing to
come forward to testify against Ajudua. Following the appeal by the
EFCC counsel, the presiding judge, Justice Kudirat Ajose ordered that Mr
Ajudua be discharged of the charges.
Meanwhile
a sister case where Ajudua is 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 before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye.
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