May 04, (THEWILL) – Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police have arrested and detained a suspected serial fraudster, Fred Ajudua, over alleged land fraud and forgery.
His arrest may not be unconnected to accusations of land grabbing by Akwukwu Igbo residents and those of Ogbe-Iyase quarters in Akwukwu-Igbo of Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State.
THEWILL had reported that the residents had claimed that some persons in the community were conniving to grant Ajudua power of attorney to sell their lands.
The residents, at some point, formed a protest group and pleaded with the State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, to assist in dissuading Ajudua from taking over their farmlands to avoid crisis and bloodshed in the community.
After seeing that the State Government wasn’t doing their bidding, some of the protesters got a court injunction restraining Ajudua from entering some portions of land, specifically the ones situated at and known as Umusaigba Farmland by Enugu Atakpo Ibusa, behind Asaba Airport.
Fred ignored the court injunction and has continued to trespass on the land, using agents of a real estate development firm, Property World Africa Network (PWAN Plus). What is worse is that the firm has continued to advertise and sell some portions of land, which is a subject matter of litigation, to unsuspecting members of the public.
The aggrieved persons filed another motion and got another interim injunction restraining Ajudua and his agents from trespassing, pending the determination of the motion on notice.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
