A former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, has been ordered to be remanded in prison custody pending the time his application for bail will be determined.
Ojerinde was arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday on 18-count charges of fraud.
Although the ex-JAMB Registrar denied all the charges, he was ordered to be taken to custody till Thursday when his lawyer, Peter Olorunmisola (SAN), will formally apply for his bail.
The counsel had made desperate efforts to convince Justice Obiora Egwuatu to allow Ojerinde continue with the administrative bail granted him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), the Judge turned down the request on the ground that such was not grantable having been arraigned in court.
The plea that he be allowed home to enable him attend another trial in Minna, Niger State, on criminal charges was also rejected by the court.
At the time of this report, official of the Federal Prison Authority, Kuje were making moves to move him to prison
Details later…
EDITORIAL NOTE: We wish to add you to our WhatsApp Database to get our trending and latest news directly into your WhatsApp Private Box as the news breaks.
Kindly CONTACT US ON 08072633727 📲 whatsApp 📞Also, For your Advert Placement, Media & Publicity, Press Release, Personality Promotion, Special Report, Conference, Interviews, And So On
©VAM News – THE NEWS YOU NEED.
For conveniency, your comfortability, and easy access to the trending and latest info as the news breaks, Kindly DOWNLOAD VAM News @ www.voiceairmedia.com mobile App, Click Link below….https://m.apkpure.com/vam-news-media/com.wVAMNEWSONLINE_8865908
News Update MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION RESIGNS TO PURSUE GUBERNATORIAL AMBITION The Minister of Transportation, Senator…
News Update THE Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has announced his resignation from office to…
The Nigerian Senate has approved the request of President Bola Tinubu to go for external…
THE leadership of Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun State on Tuesday commenced massive roads…
News Update Eight members of the House of Representatives from Kano State on Tuesday announced…
News Update President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate’s approval to secure external loans totalling…