Ex-JAMB Boss, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde
Graft: Ex-JAMB Boss, Ojerinde Forfeits Radio Station, School, Others To FG
In the interim, properties belonging to the former Registrar of Joint Administration and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, have been taken over by the Federal government of Nigeria.
The taken over of the properties was sequel to an interim order made by an Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice Ijeoma L. Ojukwu.
The properties taken over by the Federal government in the interim from the former JAMB boss are: Oke Afin Hostels located opposite Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State; Sapati International School Buildings and Premises located at Ajase Ipo Road, Ilorin, Kwara State; Doyin Filling Station along Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, Ibadan, Oyo State; Doyin Gas, Ibadan, Oyo State
Others are; Soka Filling Station, along Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, Ibadan, Oyo State; Gravity FM Radio Station, Igboho, Oyo State; Tejumola House, Ikeja, Lagos State; A mansion at No 14 Yobe Close, Maitama, Abuja; Properties in South Africa and Shares in banks, fixed deposits and money in bank accounts.
Justice Ojukwu made the order while granting an exparte application brought before her by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Friday.
Justice Ojukwu ruled that each of the said properties was acquired with public funds which represents proceeds of unlawful corrupt activities.
The presiding judge also ordered further that any person interested in the said properties should appear before the court to show cause within fourteen days of the publication why a final forfeiture order should not be made in favor of the Federal Government.
In granting the Exparte application Justice Ojukwu held: “an order of this Honourable court is hereby made for the interim forfeiture to the Federal Republic of Nigeria of all the immovable properties listed in A attached to the affidavit in support and marked by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) upon reasonable suspicion that each of the said properties was acquired with public funds and/or represents the proceeds of unlawful corrupt activities.
“An interim order of this Honourable Court is hereby made that the properties attached/forfeited in the interim and be managed and controlled by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission”.
The properties of the Igboho-born politician, according to Justice Ojukwu, are to be managed and controlled by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and Mr. David Igbodo, an AIG (Rtd) who has been appointed as the Interim Administrator, pending further directives from the court.
Ojerinde, a pioneer Registrar of the National Examination Council, NECO.
He joined the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the build up to the 2019 general elections.