Jimoh Olabisi, former deputy director, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says Dibu Ojerinde, ex-JAMB registrar, used him to divert federal government funds. Olabisi said this on Wednesday when he
Jimoh Olabisi, former deputy director, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board , says Dibu Ojerinde, ex-JAMB registrar, used him to divert federal government funds.
The commission alleged that the former registrar committed multiple frauds while heading JAMB and the National Examination Council .Olabisi told the court on Wednesday, that he was in charge of opening accounts for JAMB and admitted to opening an account in the name of JAMB/J.O. Olabisi in a commercial bank on the instruction of Ojerinde.Advertisement
“I explained in one of my appearances here that the account was opened following an agreement between the defendant and myself as a way of deviating from what we were using in National Examinations Council to divert public funds.The witness said the account was opened without approval from Jonah Otunla, the then accountant-“However, the registrar convinced the then DFA. He told him that he had gotten approval of the AGF who happens to come from the same zone with the defendant,” he said.
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