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ICPC arraigns ex-JAMB registrar, children for N5 billion fraud

ICPC arraigns ex-JAMB registrar, children for N5 billion fraud

The former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, and his four children have been charged with fraud by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) charged Ojerinde and his four children, Mary Funmilola, Olumide Abiodun, Adedayo, and Oluwaseun Adeniyi, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

Ojerinde and his businesses are currently facing an N5 billion money laundering charge.

He is accused of misusing public funds while serving as National Examinations Council and JAMB registrar.

In this new charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/119/23, the ex-JAMB boss, his four children, and all of his companies are named: Doyin Ogbohi Petroleum Ltd, Cheng Marbles Ltd, Sapati International Schools Ltd, Trillium Learnings Centre Ltd, and Standout Institutes Ltd.

As at the time this report was filed, Ojerinde and the other ten defendants had yet to enter a plea.

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