JAMB Ex-Registrar Nabbed By ICPC

By Tosin Olatokunbo

Professor Dibu Ojerinde, a former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB has been arrested by the officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC for allegedly misappropriating N900 million.

Ojerinde, it was learnt was arrested two days ago, in Abuja, over allegations of multiple frauds while he was chief executive of  JAMB and the National Examination Council, NECO.

The former JAMB boss is now being held for questioning over allegations of multiple identities, abuse of office, money laundering, tax evasion and making false statements to public officials.

The commission said he will also be quizzed for allegedly awarding fraudulent contracts to cronies and firms that cannot be traced, the commission said.

Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari sacked the former JAMB CEO in 2016, replacing him  with Professor Ishaq Oloyede. The ICPC had also, last April secured an interim forfeiture of multi- billion naira properties traced to the former JAMB boss.