{"id":169827,"date":"2025-07-16T21:31:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/alleged-n5-2bn-fraud-ex-jamb-registrar-icpc-settlement"},"modified":"2025-07-16T22:39:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T21:39:22","slug":"alleged-n5-2bn-fraud-ex-jamb-registrar-icpc-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-n5-2bn-fraud-ex-jamb-registrar-icpc-settlement","title":{"rendered":"Alleged N5.2bn Fraud Ex-JAMB Registrar ICPC Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, have agreed to settle the N5.2 billion case out of court.<\/p>\n<p>Ojerinde\u2019s lawyer, Eteya Ogana, informed Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja of the decision shortly after the matter was called.<\/p>\n<p>Ogana said though the matter was adjourned for the defence to open their case today, he said there was a development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a development; an intervention which parties are exploring to see if the matter can be administratively settled,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, in view of the foregoing, we shall be asking for a long date after vacation to enable us report same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is our humble application,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>ICPC\u2019s counsel, Lesie Iheduru, also corroborated Ogana \u2018s remark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe position stated by the learned counsel for defence is absolutely correct,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said talks were ongoing for reconciliation. \u201cTherefore, we are not opposed to adjournment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Egwuatu consequently adjourned the matter until Oct. 20 for report\/settlement or defence.<\/p>\n<p>Ojerinde had, in February 2022, opted for a plea bargain with the anti-corruption commission before the settlement collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>He was arraigned on 18-count charge before Justice Egwuatu in July 2021 by the commission for offences of corruption and fraud, when he headed the National Examinations Council, NECO, and JAMB.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, pleaded not guilty to all the counts.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Egwuatu had, on June 10, dismissed the no-case submission filed by Ojerinde and ordered him to enter his defence.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-JAMB registrar, through his lawyer, had argued that he had no case to say, insisting that the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case against him.<\/p>\n<p>He, therefore, prayed the court to dismiss the charges against him.<\/p>\n<p>The development followed after the commission had presented witnesses and closed its case against the defendant.<\/p>\n<p>The ICPC alleged that Ojerinde committed multiple frauds while heading NECO and JAMB.<\/p>\n<p>He was alleged to have committed offences bordering on abuse of office and fraudulent diversion of funds from government coffers to the tune of N5.2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>In the proof of evidence tendered before the court by the ICPC\u2019s lawyer, Ebenezer Shogunle, the commission accused him of conferring corrupt advantage upon himself at different times while he was the Registrar and Chief Executive of JAMB and NECO respectively.<\/p>\n<p>It maintained that these actions violated Sections 19, 24, 25 (1) (a) and (b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000, and Section 1 (1)(b) of the Advance Fee Fraud Act, 2006.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, have agreed to settle the N5.2 billion case out of court. Ojerinde\u2019s lawyer, Eteya Ogana, informed Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja of the decision shortly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":169826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[832,610,254],"class_list":["post-169827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-icpc","tag-jamb","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alleged N5.2bn Fraud Ex-JAMB Registrar ICPC Settlement - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, and the Independent Corrupt Pract ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-n5-2bn-fraud-ex-jamb-registrar-icpc-settlement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alleged N5.2bn Fraud Ex-JAMB Registrar ICPC Settlement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, and the Independent Corrupt Pract ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-n5-2bn-fraud-ex-jamb-registrar-icpc-settlement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-16T20:31:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-16T21:39:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752689405.816654.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-n5-2bn-fraud-ex-jamb-registrar-icpc-settlement#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-n5-2bn-fraud-ex-jamb-registrar-icpc-settlement\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Alleged N5.2bn Fraud Ex-JAMB Registrar ICPC Settlement\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-16T20:31:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-16T21:39:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-n5-2bn-fraud-ex-jamb-registrar-icpc-settlement\"},\"wordCount\":443,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-n5-2bn-fraud-ex-jamb-registrar-icpc-settlement#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752689405.816654.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ICPC\",\"JAMB\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-n5-2bn-fraud-ex-jamb-registrar-icpc-settlement#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-n5-2bn-fraud-ex-jamb-registrar-icpc-settlement\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-n5-2bn-fraud-ex-jamb-registrar-icpc-settlement\",\"name\":\"Alleged N5.2bn Fraud Ex-JAMB Registrar ICPC Settlement - 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