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The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has described as, worrisome, the new dimension of examination infractions in the country.
The Registrar stated this at a press conference held to announce the release of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) in Abuja, on Friday, 9th May, 2025.
Prof. Oloyede condemned the attempt of some desperate candidates, who had tried to circumvent due process as well as compromise the integrity and sanctity of the examination delivery system and urged everybody to join the Board in its efforts at combating the malaise.
“New methods of exam fraud were observed during the registration and examination processes. These include ‘WhatsApp Runs’, identity fraud, biometric fraud involving combined fingerprints of candidates and impersonators at registration points with the active involvement of some CBT centres, double registration, and attempted substitution of self by candidates.
“Additionally, the 2025 UTME showed the prevalence of some particular types of infractions, which suggests systemic vulnerabilities or gaps in the registration and examination administration and/or monitoring.
“In a desperate bid to tarnish the image of the Board, certain candidates smuggled cameras and phones into the examination hall to capture the live questions on the screen and circulate the images to others. Those arrested have made useful confessions.
”Also, the alarming trend of candidates resorting to fraudulent websites in search of “assistance ” is another cause for alarm. Consequently, 244 results have been withheld on account of candidates engaging in “WhatsApp examination runs,” which is a reference to rogue groups promising leaked questions, among other unwholesome services.
Oloyede disclosed that the decision of the Board to withhold the results of this category of candidates is meant to send a clear message to would-be infractors that those who engage in such activities are complicit in wrongdoing, regardless of whether those efforts succeed or fail.
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