{"id":91711,"date":"2022-02-09T17:37:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T16:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=91711"},"modified":"2022-02-09T17:37:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T16:37:54","slug":"n5b-fraud-prof-ojerinde-option-for-plea-bargain-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/n5b-fraud-prof-ojerinde-option-for-plea-bargain-collapses\/","title":{"rendered":"N5b fraud:\u00a0Prof Ojerinde Option For Plea Bargain Collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"I_52qC D_FY W_6D6F\" data-test-id=\"message-view-body\">\n<div class=\"msg-body P_wpofO mq_AS\" data-test-id=\"message-view-body-content\">\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5\">\n<div id=\"yiv1742966904\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The proposed plea bargain between the former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Lawrence Adedibu Ojerinde, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, on resolution of alleged N5bn fraud out of court, has collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that the two parties \u2013 the former JAMB Registrar and the ICPC, were unable to agree on acceptable terms of the plea bargain settlement, as promised at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>It was also learnt that while the embattled Professor agreed to surrender all assets acquired while serving government, ICPC on its part stood its ground to take over all assets so far traced to him.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the assets include several schools, companies and cash in banks standing in the name of the defendant.<\/p>\n<p>ICPC\u2019s lawyer, Ebenezer Sogunle confirmed to Justice Obiora Egwuatu, that the agreement had collapsed and that the ICPC was ready to proceed with the trial.<\/p>\n<p>Counsel to the Professor, Ibrahim Ishyaku, SAN, confirmed the development and that his client was ready to stand trial on the charges.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"H_7jIs D_F ab_C Q_69H5 E_36RhU\" data-test-id=\"toolbar-hover-area\">\n<div class=\"D_F W_6D6F r_BN gl_C\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-test-id=\"card-toolbar\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The proposed plea bargain between the former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Lawrence Adedibu Ojerinde, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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