Fred Ajudua

Who is Fred Ajudua?

Fred Chijindu Ajudua is a Nigerian accused of being an advance-fee fraud scammer. This is a form of fraud that appears to be a field in which Nigerian entrepreneurs were pioneers, and remain prominent. The scammers and especially Fred Ajudua view themself as a sort of folk hero or Robin Hood, getting money out of gullible westerners in repayment for colonial mistreatment and are frequently viewed as folk heroes.

Fred Ajudua, and Ibusa native, studied law and graduated from the University of Benin, Edo State. In March 1994, Newswatch Magazine published an article saying that I.G Aliyu Atta, at that time Inspector-General of Police, canceled a meeting with senior police officers in order to receive Ajudua. Aliyu Atta sued the magazine for libel but did not succeed. In year 2000 he was reported as having served five years of prison at Kirikiri and Agodi.

In October 2003, Alhaji Nuhu Ribadu, Chairman of the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, 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.