Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court Abuja has granted bail to Prof. Lawrence Adedibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in the sum of N200 million and two sureties in likes sum.
The court ordered that Ojerinde must bring two sureties who must be residents in Abuja.
Also, Justice Egwuatu directed that the sureties must show evidence of tax payment in the last three years and that, one of the sureties must be a University Professor, while the other must be resident within Abuja.
The judge said the sureties must tender verifiable resident addresses and also ordered that Ojerinde must tender his international passport with the Federal High Court.
The court said a certified true copy of the international passport of the former JAMB Registrar must be collected from the High Court, Minna and submitted to the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Ojerinde was remanded in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service (Prison) Suleja, after his arraignment on Tuesday
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