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Dibu Ojerinde in trouble as court forfeits Sapati Int’l sch, Gravity FM to FG
Dibu Ojerinde
Sapati International School, Ilorin and Gravity FM, Igboho are among other property owned by the former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, forfeited to the federal government by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
The court on Friday ordered the interim forfeiture of the property claiming that they were acquired with public funds which represents proceeds of unlawful corrupt activities.
In the order, Justice Ijeoma L. Ojukwu stressed further 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.
Some of the properties are;
(1) Oke Afin Hostels located opposite Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State.
(2) Sapati International School Buildings and Premises located at Ajase Ipo Road, Ilorin, Kwara State.
(3) Doyin Filling Station along Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, Ibadan, Oyo State
(4) Doyin Gas, Ibadan, Oyo State
(5) Soka Filling Station, along Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, Ibadan, Oyo State.
(6) Gravity FM Radio Station, Igboho, Oyo State.
(7) Tejumola House, Ikeja, Lagos State.
(8) A mansion at No 14 Yobe Close, Maitama, Abuja
(9) and Property in South Africa.
(10) Shares in banks, fixed deposits and money in bank accounts were also part of the property listed to be forfeited by the same order of the Court.
The property of the Igboho-born politician, who recently joined the All Progressives Congress, will be managed and controlled by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and Mr David Igbodo, an AIG (Rtd) has been appointed as the Interim Administrator pending further directives from the court. The Court order stated;
“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 in the
interim and be managed and controlled by the
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Commission,” the order read.
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