On Thursday, Operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), arrested Dibu Ojerinde, former registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
He was arrested at the premises of the federal high court in Abuja while leaving the court premises after the hearing of his trial before Justice Obiora Egwuatu.
He was being led out of the court to the carpark following the adjournment of his trial till February 15, when he was accosted by ICPC operatives who whisked him away in their vehicle.
The former registrar was first arraigned on July 6, 2021, on an 18-count charge bordering on alleged misappropriation of funds to the tune of N5.2 billion.
ICPC had accused him of committing multiple frauds while heading JAMB and the National Examination Council (NECO).
Upon arraignment, he pleaded not guilty to the allegations and was subsequently granted bail in the sum of N200 million.
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The trial had been ongoing since then with the prosecution producing various witnesses to testify in court.
On Wednesday, fresh facts emerged by the 4th prosecution witness, Mr JImoh Olabisi, former Deputy Director of Finance of JAMB.
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 the instruction of Mr Ojerinde.
He alleged that it was through this account that funds were moved from the government’s coffers.