How ex-JAMB chief Ojerinde floated companies, acquired houses through cronies - Witness

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ICPC’s first prosecution witness started his testimony after an attempt by Mr Ojerinde to negotiate a plea agreement failed on Wednesday.

A prosecution witness has told the Federal High Court in Abuja how a former registrar of the, Dibu Ojerinde, allegedly acquired choice assets through cronies while in office.

Assets seized from him included schools, filling stations, and houses located in different parts of Ilorin in Kwara State, Ibadan and Ogbomoso in Oyo State, Ile Ife in Osun State, and Abuja. “The properties were still under construction. And so, I was instructed by the defendant to purchase in the name of my firm with a follow-up on the properties until their completion according to specification.

The prosecution witness who was led in evidence by ICPC’s lawyer, Mr Sogunle, claimed to have been called to the Nigerian bar in 1999. He told Mr Egwuatu that the companies were floated in the names supplied to him by Mr Ojerinde.He testified that Ojerinde was registered as Director in two of the companies while names of his cronies were used as Directors in the rest adding that he never met any of the cronies at the time he was using their names at the Corporate Affairs Commission.

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