Fred Chijindu Ajudua is a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

lawyer. He was accused of being an

advance-fee fraud An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraud ...

scammer."Fred Ajudua Jumps Bail, Resists and Escapes Arrest"
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Retrieved 9 Jan 2009 Fred Ajudua, an Ibusa native, studied law and graduated from the University of Benin, Edo State."Living in forced retirement"
The Nation 3/4/2008. Retrieved 10 Jan 2009 In March 1994, Newswatch Magazine published an article saying that I.G Aliyu Atta, at that time Inspector-General of Police, cancelled a meeting with senior police officers in order to receive Ajudua. Aliyu Atta sued the magazine for libel but did not succeed. In 2000 he was reported as having served five years of prison at

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and Agodi. In October 2003, Alhaji

Nuhu Ribadu Mallam Nuhu Ribadu mni (born 21 November, 1960) is a former Nigerian police officer and politician who was the Chairman of the Petroleum Revenue Task Force and a former Nigerian government anti-corruption official. He was the pioneer Executive ...

, Chairman of the Nigerian

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is a Nigerian law enforcement agency that investigates financial crimes such as advance fee fraud (419 fraud) and money laundering. The EFCC was established in 2003, partially in response to pre ...

(EFCC), said that Ajudua had twelve cases pending against him including an advance fee fraud of 1.6 million Euros and another of $1.5 million, both committed in 2001."419: Judiciary Used to Frustrate Trial, Says Ribadu"
Nigeria Daily News 07/22/2003. Retrieved 10 Jan 2009 He was accused of collecting money from Nelson Allen, a Canadian who lost $250,000. A German was said to have lost $350,000 to him. He was said to have tricked more than $1.69-million out of two Dutch nationals between 1999 and 2000. On July 26, 2005 the German woman, Frieda Springer-Beck, agreed to an out-of-court settlement after a long series of inconclusive court appearances dating back to 1993. After his imprisonment, while awaiting trial for fraud, he was appointed to teach basic law. Ajudua was granted bail to seek medical attention in India on 3 February 2005. Hearing that he was back in Nigeria, the EFCC attempted to arrest him on 20 March 2007 at a beer parlour in Ibusa. The move was thwarted by armed thugs. The commission has appealed to anyone who has information that could lead to the fugitive's arrest. In 2007, the Administrative Panel of Inquiry on Reports of Alleged Corrupt Practices recommended that Ajudua's wife should not run for political office on the basis of an EFCC report that she had been involved in a conspiracy to obtain $7.85M and N3Million under false pretense and had used money from fraudsters to campaign for election, although the panel noted that there was no direct evidence linking her to the activities of her husband."REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL OF INQUIRY ON ALLEGED CORRUPT PRACTICES OF SOME PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHER PERSONS p.69"
Nigerian Muse. Retrieved 10 Jan 2009

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