The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday said it was investigating the results of 6,458 candidates who wrote the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for alleged involvement in “high-tech cheating”.
The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, announced this during the inauguration of a special committee to investigate cases of technology-driven malpractice detected during this year’s UTME.
The JAMB registrar decried the rising sophistication of examination fraud aided by operators of accredited computer based test centres (CBT) across the country.
According to him, malpractice has evolved beyond traditional schemes into “technologically sophisticated forms,” including multiple cases of biometric and identity fraud by some accredited CBT centres and candidates.
The JAMB registrar stressed the need for urgent action to protect the credibility of the nation’s examinations.
Oloyede said: “This year, we come across a number of strange things and we felt that it would be better if we expand our resources. We believe that God has endowed this nation with a lot of resources that we can tap from.
“Examination malpractice is something that we must fight with every pinch of blood in our veins.”
The JAMB registrar warned that unchecked fraud could harm several sectors and tarnish Nigeria’s image.
He announced that 141 cases of “normal” examination malpractice had been sent to JAMB’s disciplinary committee.
