Former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, is to be arraigned tomorrow before Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja.
The arraignment will be by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC.
It would be recalled that the ICPC is probing Ojerinde over alleged diversion of public funds to the tune of N5 billion.
Ojerinde, it was gathered by FrontPage, would be arraigned on fresh charges.
Ojerinde was re-arrested by operatives of ICPC on January 26 shortly after a hearing before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court, FHC, in Abuja where Ojerinde had been standing trial on an 18-count charge bordering on diversion of public funds to the tune of N5 billion.
The former JAMB boss was being led out of the court by one of his sons to the car park after Justice Egwuatu adjourned the trial until February 15, when he was accosted by the anti-corruption commission’s operatives.
The operatives whisked him away in their vehicle.
It was gathered that the arrest was in connection with the facts emerging from his ongoing trial and made by the 4th prosecution witness, Mr JImoh Olabisi, former Deputy Director of Finance of JAMB.
It was gathered that a warrant of arrest for his re-arrest was obtained from the FHC Chief Judge, Justice John Tsoho.
The ICPC had, on July 8, 2021, arraigned the former JAMB registrar on an 18-count charge.
He was said to have committed the offence during his tenure as registrar of the National Examinations Council, NECO, and JAMB.
Ojerinde, however, pleaded not guilty to all the charges and was later admitted to bail in the sum of N200 million.
