Former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Adedibu Ojerinde, is asking the Federal High Court Abuja to order his release from detention.
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Ojerinde is facing trial for allegedly diverting public funds worth about five billion naira.

At the proceedings, his counsel, Eteya Ogana, drew the attention of the court to a motion challenging the manner in which the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) re-arrested Ojerinde even as he applied for his release from detention.

The councel alleged that the ICPC re-arrested his client without a valid warrant.

However, the trial Judge, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, said he could not find Ojerinde’s fresh application in the court’s record.

Ogana, subsequently admitted that there was a mix-up in the filing of the charge sheet. He, therefore, prayed for an adjournment to enable him to correct the error.
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On its part, the ICPC denied the allegation that Ojerinde was re-arrested without a warrant.

It urged the court to inspect a warrant he adduced to establish that the defendant’s re-arrest and detention had legal backing.

He argued that the fresh application by the defendant had been overtaken by events since he has already been charged before another court on a separate matter.

After he had listened to both sides, Justice Egwuatu adjourned the matter till June 20.

Ojerinde was re-arrested on January 26 2023, on the premises of the Federal High Court by operatives of the ICPC.

His arrest came after a former Deputy Director of Finance at JAMB Jimoh Olabisi, gave his testimony as the 4th prosecution witness.
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