The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of its 2025 mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), conducted on Saturday, June 28. According to a statement issued by Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, results are now available for 11,161 candidates out of the 96,838 originally scheduled to participate.
Candidates who haven’t received their results were advised to ensure they sent UTMERESULT (as a single word) to 55019 or 66019 using the same phone number they used for UTME registration. Failure to follow this instruction correctly has left some candidates unable to access their results.
In the same statement, JAMB also addressed ongoing investigations into a fake admission letter syndicate, an operation that came to light in 2024. The fraudulent group had been fabricating fake JAMB admission letters for a fee.
“You will recall that a joint press conference between the PPRO of the Nigeria Police Force and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board was convened on 13th April 2024. It was the outcome of the complaint of JAMB that a syndicate had engaged in the fabrication of JAMB-Admission Letters for interested candidates in exchange for a fee, following which a comprehensive investigation was launched.”
The operation led to the arrest of five key suspects by the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), and they are currently being prosecuted at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
JAMB revealed that 17,417 candidates were flagged as beneficiaries of the fake letters. Out of these, 6,903 candidates have been cleared after resolving minor issues, while 10,514 were referred to the police for further investigation.
Of those under police review, 5,669 candidates were found to have obtained entirely fake letters, while 4,832 tried to bypass proper admission processes using the syndicate’s services. An additional 13 candidates were flagged due to various administrative or technical anomalies.
These 13 cases were traced to institutions including Bayero University Kano (BUK), Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Ramat Polytechnic Maiduguri, FUTA, EKSU, YABATECH, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Osun State Polytechnic Ire, Ben Idahosa University, Obong University, and the University of Ilorin.
As part of the ongoing resolution process, JAMB’s management has asked the 13 candidates to correct the specific errors and proceed to print their new admission letters, placing them among the batch already cleared.
Additionally, 1,532 candidates who claimed they were unaware of the syndicate’s role—despite evidence of their involvement—have been issued a warning and condoned, after their institutions processed their delayed admissions through proper channels.
However, 3,300 candidates remain under investigation as their institutions are yet to validate their admissions through JAMB’s Central Admission Processing System (CAPS).
JAMB reiterated its commitment to integrity in the admissions process:
“The Board’s screening processes continue and any candidate found to have employed or solicited assistance from examination and certificate fraudsters or deviated from laid down procedures for registration, examination or admission would continue to face the consequences which include prosecution under the Examination Malpractices Act which prescribes appropriate punishment even for the under-aged and their culpable mentors, guardians or parents.”
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