Former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, has been remanded in prison over N900 million fraud allegations.
A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed July 8 to hear the bail application filed by the defendant.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu has fixed the date on Tuesday after the court declined the oral application for bail by counsel to the ex-JAMB registrar, Peter Olorunisola, SAN.
Mr Ojerinde is standing trial for alleged N900 million fraud.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) dragged Ojerinde to court with 18 count charges in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/97/21.
He, however, pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
“Having listened to his plea of not guilty, we shall be applying for a date for hearing the matter,” lawyer to the ICPC said.
He said the application was filed on June 29.
The anti-corruption commission lawyer, who acknowledged the receipt of the bail application, opposed it.
He told the court that a counter affidavit had been filed to that effect.
The defence lawyer, however, said that he was just being served with the counter affidavit by the prosecution and was yet to go through it.
In her ruling, Justice Egwuatu said having listened to the arguments of the parties, a short date would be fixed to hear the bail application.
The judge, who adjourned the matter until July 8, ordered Ojerinde to be remanded in a correctional centre, pending the hearing of the bail plea.
