A Federal High Court, Abuja has granted N200 million bail to former registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Prof. Dibu Ojerinde.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu ruled on Thursday that Ojerinde will also present two sureties one of whom must be a professor in a federal university.
The judge said the other surety must own a landed property in Abuja worth the bail sum.
Justice Egwuatu also ruled that the sureties must produce the evidence of three years tax payment and that the defendant should present the certified true copy of his travel documents which are in the custody of a court in Minna, Niger State.
The case was adjourned until July 22 and 23 for hearing.
Ojerinde is being prosecuted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for alleged multiple frauds during his time as head of JAMB and the National Examination Council (NECO).
The court had on July 6 rejected the defendant’s bail plea after taking his plea on the 18-count charge.
The rejection followed the argument of counsel to the prosecution Ebenezer Shogunle that his application for a “temporary bail” was unknown to the law.
