The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ajudua pleaded not guilty to a 28-count charge bordering on conspiracy to obtain money by false pretence
Browsing: Lieutenant General Ishaya Bamaiyi
Obasanjo said this while playing host to members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ogun State Chapter at his hilltop residence in Abeokuta
Ajudua, who challenged the right of the commission to prosecute him for defrauding a former Chief of Army Staff, retired Lieutenant General Ishaya Bamaiyi, is also challenging the jurisdiction of an Ikeja High Court to try the case
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Rosolu was convicted on all the two counts charge of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretences brought against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
The money, according to Bamaiyi, was meant as part payment of professional fees supposedly charged by Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) to handle his trial for attempted murder of the late publisher of The Guardian, Alex Ibru, and two others
Ajudua stated this in a preliminary notice of objection filed by his counsel, Olalekan Ojo, before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye on Wednesday