A picture of the youthful Gen. Muhammadu Buhari taken in 1962 at the Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC) shows him with thelate Ibrahim Bako and the late Umaru Salihu, from left to right.
Nigerian attorney Fred Chijindu Ajudua is charged with advance-fee fraud.There was no evidence at the conclusion of his case. Native of Ibusa, Fred Ajudua completed his legal studies at Edo State’s University of Benin.An item in Newswatch Magazine from March 1994 said that I.G. Aliyu Atta, the Inspector-General of Police at the time, had called off a meeting with top cops so that he could meet with Ajudua. Aliyu Atta attempted to sue the magazine for libel but was unsuccessful. He was reportedly incarcerated for five years at Kirikiri and Agodi in 2000. The Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Alhaji Nuhu Ribadu, announced in October 2003 that Ajudua was facing twelve cases, including two cases involving advance fee fraud from 2001—one involving 1.6 million Euros and the other involving $1.5 million. He was charged with extorting money from Canadian Nelson Allen, a $250,000 loser. It was reported that he had cost a German $350,000.Between 1999 and 2000, he was alleged to have deceived two Dutch nationals out of around $1.69 million.Frieda Springer-Beck, a German woman, consented to an out-of-court settlement on July 26, 2005, following a protracted sequence of unproductive court appearances beginning in 1993. He was appointed to teach basic law following his incarceration and while he awaited his fraud trial. On February 3, 2005, Ajudua was given bail to travel to India for medical treatment. On March 20, 2007, inside an Ibusa beer parlor, the EFCC made an attempt to apprehend him after learning that he had returned to Nigeria. Thugs with guns stopped the move. Anyone with information that could result in the fugitive’s apprehension is encouraged to come forward by the commission. Based on an EFCC report that claimed Ajudua’s wife had engaged in a scheme to obtain $7.85 million and $3 million under false pretenses and had used money from fraud to campaign for election, the Administrative Panel of Inquiry on Reports of Alleged Corrupt Practices recommended in 2007 that she should not run for political office. However, the panel pointed out that there was no concrete evidence connecting her to her husband’s actions.
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Lady Oyinkansola Ajasa, also known as Lady Oyinkansola Abayomi, was born in Colonial Lagos on March 6, 1897. She was the daughter of Sir Kitoye Ajasa, a Yoruba aristocrat who was the first Nigerian to receive a knighthood from the British, and Lucretia Olayinka Moore, a princess of the Egba royal dynasty. She completed her education in 1909 at the Anglican Girls’ Seminary in Lagos. From there, go to the Gloucestershire Young Ladies Academy at Ryford Hall. She studied at the London-based Royal Academy of Music in 1917. In 1920, she returned to Lagos and took a job at the Anglican Girls’ Seminary as a music instructor. She met the love of her life at this time, a lawyer by the name of Mr. Moronfolu Abayomi, whom she married in 1923. When Mr. Moronfolu Abayomi was assassinated in court two months later, she was devastated and decided she would never marry again. Dr. Kofoworola She told John that if he wanted to marry her, he would have to take her late husband’s name, Abayomi. Observe what transpired. He consented, was married to her, and adopted the name Dr. Kofoworola Abayomi. Born in Lagos on July 10, 1896, Sir Kofoworola Adekunle “Kofo” Abayomi, KBE, was of Egbe-Yoruba descent. He was a politician from Nigeria who went on to have a notable career in public service. He was one of the founders of the nationalistNigerian Youth Movement in 1934. His most recent significant position in the public eye was as the Lagos Executive Development Board’s chairman from 1958 until 1966