ABUJA — The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has inaugurated a 23-member special purpose committee to investigate 6,458 cases of technology-driven malpractice uncovered during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, inaugurated the committee on Monday in Abuja, expressing concern over the increasing sophistication of exam fraud in Nigeria.
“This year we came across a number of strange things, and we felt that it would be better if we expanded our resources. God has endowed this nation with a lot of resources we can tap from,” Oloyede said.
He disclosed that while 141 conventional cases of malpractice had already been referred to JAMB’s disciplinary committee, the newly inaugurated body will handle more “extraordinary infractions.” These include biometric and identity fraud, image blending, albinism falsification, finger pairing, and attempts to compromise computer-based test (CBT) centres’ local area networks.
The registrar directed the committee to submit its findings within three weeks.
Members of the committee include eminent academics such as Prof. Muhammad Bello, Prof. Samuel Odewummi, Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba, Prof. Tanko Ishaya, and Prof. Ibe Ifeakandu. Also on the panel are retired Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni, Dr. Chuks Okpaka of Microsoft Africa, the President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), as well as representatives of the Office of the National Security Adviser, the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Police Force, and the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools.
Oloyede stressed that JAMB remains committed to safeguarding the integrity of its examinations and warned that anyone found culpable would face strict sanctions.
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