A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the interim
forfeiture of Gravity FM, Igboho and some properties belonging to
Ex-Registrar of Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB),
Professor Dibu Ojerinde.
According to the forfeiture order published on Friday April 24,
in the PUNCH newspaper, Justice Ijeoma L. Ojukwu ruled that each of
the said properties was acquired with public funds which represents
proceeds of unlawful corrupt activities.
The order reads 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.
The court ordered that the properties be managed and controlled
by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences
Commission.
The ICPC has appointed Mr David Igbodo, AIG (Rtd) as Interim
Administrator pending further directives from the court.
It reads in part “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 ad-interim and be managed and
controlled by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Commission.”
Some of the properties are Oke Afin Hostels located at Opposite
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Sapati
International School Buildings and Premises located at Ajase Ipo
Road, Ilorin, Kwara State, Doyin Filling Station along Lagos Ibadan
Expressway, Doyin Gas, Ibadan, Soka Filling Station, Lagos Ibadan
Expressway, Gravity FM Radio Station, Igboho, Tejumola House,
Ikeja, Mansion at No 14 Yobe close, Maitama Abuja and Properties in
South Africa.
Shares in banks, fixed deposits and money in bank accounts were
also part of the properties listed to be forfeited.
WHO IS PROFESSOR DIBU OJERINDE?
Born in Igboho, Oorelope local government in the Oke Ogun Area
of Oyo State, Nigeria. He attended Wesley College, Ibadan where he
received the Teacher Grade II Certificate Examinations (TC II) in
1964. He later attended Adeyemi College of Education where he
obtained the Nigeria Certificate in Education (N.C. E) in 1968.
He proceeded to the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University for a
Bachelor of Science (B.sc) degree in education in 1973 and a Master
of education (M. Ed) in 1975. He later proceeded to Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York where he received a Ph. D degree in
Educational measurement in 1978.
He became a Professor of Tests and Measurement in October 1986.
He began his career as a secondary school teacher in 1965 at Laogun
Methodist Grammar School. He left to Ibada Iseyin District Grammar
School, Iseyin in 1970 and later College of Advanced Studies, Kano
in 1975.
He joined the services of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in
1973 and was appointed a Director of Institute of Education in the
same university in 1984, a tenure that ended in 1990.
He is the first Nigerian Professor of Tests and Measurement. In
1990, he was appointed as the Director of Monitoring and
Evaluation, National Primary Education Commission (NPEC), a tenure
that elapsed in 1991.
In 1991 he was appointed as the Director and Consultant at
Centre for Educational Measurement (CEM), Federal Ministry of
Education. After his tenure in 1992, he was appointed as the
Registrar of the National Board for Educational Measurement,
NBEM.
He held this position for 8 years (1999 – 2007). After his
tenure in 2007, he was appointed as Registrar of the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, a position he held for 5
years (2007-2012) and was reappointed on 10 April 2012.
In the Year 2016 President Buhari Sacks Prof. Dibu, and Appoints
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede As New JAMB Boss – Registrar
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the interim
forfeiture of Gravity FM, Igboho and some properties belonging to
Ex-Registrar of Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB),
Professor Dibu Ojerinde.
According to the forfeiture order published on Friday April 24,
in the PUNCH newspaper, Justice Ijeoma L. Ojukwu ruled that each of
the said properties was acquired with public funds which represents
proceeds of unlawful corrupt activities.
The order reads 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.
The court ordered that the properties be managed and controlled
by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences
Commission.
The ICPC has appointed Mr David Igbodo, AIG (Rtd) as Interim
Administrator pending further directives from the court.
It reads in part “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 ad-interim and be managed and
controlled by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Commission.”
Some of the properties are Oke Afin Hostels located at Opposite
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Sapati
International School Buildings and Premises located at Ajase Ipo
Road, Ilorin, Kwara State, Doyin Filling Station along Lagos Ibadan
Expressway, Doyin Gas, Ibadan, Soka Filling Station, Lagos Ibadan
Expressway, Gravity FM Radio Station, Igboho, Tejumola House,
Ikeja, Mansion at No 14 Yobe close, Maitama Abuja and Properties in
South Africa.
Shares in banks, fixed deposits and money in bank accounts were
also part of the properties listed to be forfeited.
WHO IS PROFESSOR DIBU OJERINDE?
Born in Igboho, Oorelope local government in the Oke Ogun Area
of Oyo State, Nigeria. He attended Wesley College, Ibadan where he
received the Teacher Grade II Certificate Examinations (TC II) in
1964. He later attended Adeyemi College of Education where he
obtained the Nigeria Certificate in Education (N.C. E) in 1968.
He proceeded to the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University for a
Bachelor of Science (B.sc) degree in education in 1973 and a Master
of education (M. Ed) in 1975. He later proceeded to Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York where he received a Ph. D degree in
Educational measurement in 1978.
He became a Professor of Tests and Measurement in October 1986.
He began his career as a secondary school teacher in 1965 at Laogun
Methodist Grammar School. He left to Ibada Iseyin District Grammar
School, Iseyin in 1970 and later College of Advanced Studies, Kano
in 1975.
He joined the services of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in
1973 and was appointed a Director of Institute of Education in the
same university in 1984, a tenure that ended in 1990.
He is the first Nigerian Professor of Tests and Measurement. In
1990, he was appointed as the Director of Monitoring and
Evaluation, National Primary Education Commission (NPEC), a tenure
that elapsed in 1991.
In 1991 he was appointed as the Director and Consultant at
Centre for Educational Measurement (CEM), Federal Ministry of
Education. After his tenure in 1992, he was appointed as the
Registrar of the National Board for Educational Measurement,
NBEM.
He held this position for 8 years (1999 – 2007). After his
tenure in 2007, he was appointed as Registrar of the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, a position he held for 5
years (2007-2012) and was reappointed on 10 April 2012.
In the Year 2016 President Buhari Sacks Prof. Dibu, and Appoints
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede As New JAMB Boss – Registrar