The Ibadan Zonal office of the Economics and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC Monday, 3rd April arraigned one John Ojekorede
Ojemuyiwa alongside his company, Digitpro Engineering Technology Ltd
before Justice A.O . Oladimeji of the Osun State High Court sitting in
Ede, Osun State on a two-count charge bordering on stealing and giving
of gratification to public officers.
The accused person, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
In view of his plea, the prosecution counsel Oluwatoyin A. Owodunni
asked the court for a trial date while the defence counsel, Banjo
Akinwande approached the court with an oral application for bail. The
prosecuting counsel opposed the oral application. The judge ordered
that the defence counsel present a formal application to help the
court exercise its discretion on the bail application in view of the
antecedents of failure of the accused person to honour EFCC official’s
invitation twice.
One of the counts reads “that you John Ojekorede Ojemuyiwa and
Digitpro Technology Ltd sometimes in February, 2014 at Ila-Orangun
within the Osogbo judicial Division stole the sum of N53,837,574.08
(Fifty Three Million Eight Hundred and Thirty Seventy Thousand Five
Hundred and Seventy Four Naira Eight Kobo) only for the sum of
N112,810,952.20 (One Hundred and Twelve Million, Eight Hundred and Ten
Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty two Naira Twenty Kobo) advance to you
as mobilization fee for the construction of an Amphitheatre by Osun
State College of Education, Ila Orangun Osun State.”
The second count reads “that you John Ojekorede Ojemuyiwa and Digitpro
Technology Ltd sometime in February, 2014 at Ila-Orangun within the
Osogbo judicial Division corruptly gave the sum of N43,093,694.36
(Forty Million Ninety Three Thousand Six Hundred and Ninety Four
Naira Thirty Six Kobo) to member of the Governing council, Osun State
College of Education Ila-Orogun through one David Olayinka Olojede of
De Capstone Ltd on account of the award of a contract worth
N228,298,302.00 (Two Hundred and Twenty Eight Million, Two Hundred and
Ninety Eight Thousand, Three Hundred and Two Naira) and the over
payment of mobilization fee to you by the Governing Council and the
Management of Osun State College of Education.”
Ojemuyiwa’s journey to the dock followed a petition to the Commission
sometimes in April, 2016 by the Civil Societies Coalition For the
Emancipation of Osun alleging a fraudulent conversion and diversion
of N.3billion TETFUND approved for sundry projects at the Osun State
College of Education, Ila Orangun.
The matter was adjourned to Tuesday May 2nd, 2016 for hearing of the
bail application and commencement of trial.
The accused is to be remanded at the Federal Prison, Ilesha, Osun State.