The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences (ICPC) has re-arrested a former registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Dibu Ojerinde, for fraud.

Ojerinde was charged by the ICPC on an 18-count charge bothering on corruption in the diversion of public funds estimated at over N5.2 billion in 2021. He pleaded not guilty to the allegations and was granted bail in the sum of N200 million. Read here

He was re-arrested in Abuja on Thursday, January 26, after Jimoh Olabisi, a former Deputy Director at JAMB and a witness of the ICPC, alleged in court on Wednesday, January 25, that Ojerinde used him to divert federal government funds.