Kinsmen to Testify Against Ex-JAMB Boss Ojerinde in N5.2b Fraud Trial
Two kinsmen of former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, have agreed to testify for the prosecution in his trial for alleged N5.2 billion fraud.
A former JAMB Accountant/Deputy Director (Account), Jimoh Olabisi Olatunde (described as Ojerinde’s kinsman and trusted confidante) and his personal lawyer, Peter Iyiola Oyewole (also described as his kinsman), are listed among the 11 witnessed slated to testify as prosecution witnesses in the case.
Ojerinde, who is currently on bail, was said to have taken ill, a development that stalled the planned commencement of his trial last Thursday, although Olatunde and Oyewole were in court.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) accused Ojerinde, in t...