On Thursday in Abuja, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) re-arrested Prof. Adedibu Ojerinde, the former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
Azuka Ogugua, the Commission’s spokesperson, said in a statement on Thursday that Prof. Ojerinde’s re-arrest was in response to a warrant issued by the Federal High Court, Abuja.
He is anticipated to appear before a group of investigators to discuss fresh information related to his ongoing trial for diverting funds while serving as a public official.
Two accounts formed in the names of Trillium Learning Centre Ltd and Sapati International Schools Ltd were found to have had money transferred into them using bogus student names by ICPC agents.
The Commission had invited the former JAMB Registrar for questioning on the fresh evidence on December 12, 2022, but he wrote through his counsel requesting 14 days grace to honor the invitation. Ojerinde, on the other hand, failed to honor the invitation as agreed upon by his counsel when the 14-day period expired on December 27, 2022.
The Commission discovered additional information that implies Ojerinde is the only signatory to several bank accounts managed in the names of Trillium Learning Centre Ltd and Sapati International School Ltd throughout the course of its ongoing investigation. Ojerinde allegedly used fictitious identities and falsified documents in the names of Joshua Olakulehin Olaniran and Akanbi Lamidi to manage those accounts. He is also accused of using another alias, Adeniyi Banji, to operate a separate account in the name of Standout Institutes Ltd.
The ICPC has recovered the cheque books for the companies’ accounts from Ojerinde, who has been detained at the Commission’s headquarters.
If the new evidence is validated, the Commission will almost certainly charge the former registrar in a court of competent jurisdiction with forgery of documents, stolen identity, money laundering, and concealment of gratification.
The Commission is currently prosecuting Ojerinde in the Federal High Courts of Abuja and Minna on an 18-count charge of abuse of authority and fraud totaling N10 billion while acting as the head of two government bodies, the National Examination Council (NECO) and JAMB.
He was accused of conferring corrupt benefits on himself at various times while serving as the Chairman of JAMB and NECO, in violation of Sections 19, 24, 25 (1) (a) and (b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act of 2000 and Section 1 (1)(b) of the Advance Fee Fraud Act of 2006.
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