EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Professor Dibu Ojerinde, the former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), along with his four children on seven counts of money laundering at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Ojerinde is already facing a money laundering charge worth N5 billion before Justice Obiora Egwuatu. He is accused of diverting public funds while he was serving as the National Examinations Council and JAMB registrar.
In the latest charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/119/23, Ojerinde and his children were included. His companies, which include Doyin Ogbohi Petroleum Ltd, Cheng Marbles Ltd, Sapati International Schools Ltd, Trillium Learnings Centre Ltd, and Standout Institutes Ltd, were also named in the charge.
At the time of filing the report, none of the defendants had taken a plea.
The former JAMB boss has been in the news for alleged fraudulent activities, which led to his arrest and detention by the ICPC in April 2021. The ICPC accused him of committing multiple frauds while serving as the Registrar of JAMB between 2011 and 2016.
In September 2021, a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the remand of Ojerinde in prison custody for an initial period of ten days. Justice Obiora Egwuatu issued the order following the arraignment of Ojerinde on a separate money laundering charge.
The charges against Ojerinde and his children come amid the Nigerian government’s efforts to tackle corruption in the country. The ICPC has been at the forefront of the anti-corruption campaign, investigating and prosecuting high-profile cases of corruption in the public and private sectors.
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