The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has
re-arrested Fred Ajudua, a one-time Lagos socialite, in connection with the
alleged $1.04 million fraud trial.
A source told TheCable that EFCC operatives arrested Ajudua
in Abuja on Tuesday, and he is currently in the custody of the anti-graft
agency.
His arrest comes some days after the supreme court dismissed
the judgment of the court of appeal in Lagos that granted bail to Ajudua.
THE 20-YEAR-OLD ALLEGED FRAUD CASE
Last Friday, the supreme court, in a unanimous judgment,
revoked the bail granted to Ajudua by the appeal court and ordered the
reinstatement of the ruling of the lower court, which declined the bail
application.
The apex court directed that the chief judge of Lagos state
should reassign the case to Mojisola Dada, a judge at the Lagos high court, to
continue the trial.
Ajudua is standing trial in a case that began in 2005 for
allegedly defrauding Zad Abu Zalaf, a Palestinian, of $1,043,000.
He was arraigned on a 12-count charge bordering on forgery
and conspiracy to obtain money by false pretence by the EFCC.
The case was initially assigned to Morenike Obadina, a judge
at the Lagos high court, but arraignment did not take place.
The case was later reassigned to Josephine Oyefeso, another
judge, before it was reassigned again to Dada.
He was finally arraigned on June 4, 2018.
At the arraignment in June 2018, Dada, the trial judge,
denied Ajudua’s bail application due to the prolonged delay suffered by the
case.
He approached the court of appeal in Lagos, which granted
him bail on September 10, 2018.
Displeased with the judgment, the anti-graft agency
approached the apex court over the bail judgment.
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