Mr Ojerinde, a professor, too, was absent from the hearing. Mr Ojerinde and ICPC informed the court at the 16 July 2025 proceedings of their resumed settlement talks. The disclosure came just weeks after the trial judge ordered Mr Ojerinde to open his defence and two and a half years after the first settlement talks failed. Mr Ojerinde faces another set of charges alongside his children also before the Federal High Court in Abuja. ICPC had in 2020 obtained a court order for the confiscation of various assets, including schools, filling stations, and houses traced to Mr Ojerinde.