JAMB inaugurates team to investigate 6,458 withheld results over malpractice

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has inaugurated a special purpose committee to investigate 6,458 cases of technology-driven malpractice detected during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.

JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, inaugurated the 23-member committee on Monday in Abuja.

Speaking during the inauguration, Prof. Oloyede lamented the rising sophistication of exam fraud.

He revealed that the results of 6,458 candidates remain under investigation for alleged involvement in high-tech cheating, urging the committee to submit a report not later than three weeks after the inauguration of the committee.

“This year we came across a number of strange things, and we felt that it would be better if we expanded our resources. And we believe that God has endowed this nation with a lot of resources that we can tap from,” Oloyede said.

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.

He disclosed that while 141 cases of “normal” exam malpractice have been sent to JAMB’s disciplinary committee, the committee will handle “extraordinary infractions,” such as image blending, albinism falsification, finger pairing, and attempts to breach some CBT centers’ local area network.

“Submit a report not later than three weeks after the inauguration of the committee.”

DAILY POST reports that members of the committee include Prof. Muhammad Bello, Prof. Samuel Odewummi, Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba, Prof. Tanko Ishaya, Prof. Ibe Ifeakandu, retired Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni, Dr. Chuks Okpaka of Microsoft Africa, and the President of the National Association of Nigerian Students.

Also represented are the Office of the National Security Adviser, the Department of State Services, the Nigeria Police Force, and the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, among others.