Dibu Ojerinde, a former registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has been detained by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
On Wednesday, Jimoh Olabisi, an ex-deputy director of JAMB, claimed in court that Ojerinde used him to siphon federal government cash.
This was said by Olabisi, an ICPC witness, while addressing at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
On July 6, 2021, Ojerinde was charged with 18 counts of alleged theft of funds totaling N5.2 billion by the ICPC.
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According to the panel, the former registrar perpetrated various frauds while leading JAMB and the National Examination Council (NECO).
Ojerinde pleaded not guilty to the charges and was granted bail in the amount of N200 Million.
On Wednesday, Olabisi told the court that he was in charge of opening accounts for JAMB and admitted to opening an account in the name of JAMB/J.O. Olabisi in a commercial bank on Ojerinde’s order.
He claimed that monies were transferred from the government’s coffers via this account.
Ojerinde was apprehended in the Federal High Court Abuja vehicle lot on Thursday as he was leaving after Justice Obiora Egwuatu adjourned his trial to February 15th.
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The former JAMB Registrar was reportedly in the parking with one of his sons when he was approached by ICPC agents, who carried him away in their vehicle.
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