The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially released the results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), but 39,834 candidates won’t be able to access theirs due to alleged examination malpractices. This announcement was made by the Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, during a press briefing in Abuja.
Out of over 1.9 million registered candidates, 1,957,000 were verified to have sat for the exam, while 71,705 were absent. According to JAMB, 2,157 candidates experienced fingerprint rejections due to registration-related infractions and are currently under investigation. The Board said 1,426 results are still under scrutiny, while 96 have been withheld for confirmed cases of malpractice, a slight decrease from the 123 withheld last year.
The Registrar explained that new forms of cheating were observed, including identity and biometric fraud, impersonation at the point of registration, double registration, and substitution attempts. JAMB also discovered that some CBT centres were actively involved in aiding candidates to manipulate the registration process. A total of 3,656 candidates were flagged for having extraneous fingerprints, suggesting organized impersonation strategies. Their results have also been withheld, and several CBT centres implicated in the fraud will face sanctions.
Oloyede said 244 candidates were found to have joined rogue WhatsApp groups that promised leaked questions and answers, noting that those results have also been withheld. He mentioned that 80 individuals are currently in police custody and are being interrogated over their involvement in these examination offences, with many expected to be prosecuted.
The Board also addressed the issue of underage candidates. Out of 41,027 who registered, only 467 were deemed “exceptionally gifted” based on their scores, though one was disqualified for malpractice. For candidates with disabilities, 501 were successfully examined by the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group across 11 centres, with one case of impersonation also recorded.
Due to operational and technical issues, four CBT centres were delisted and blacklisted. These include centres in Kano, Kaduna, Imo, and Ogun States. The names of those blacklisted for fraud will soon be published, along with details of their involvement.
Oloyede said that despite these challenges, the 2025 UTME was largely successful and reaffirmed JAMB’s zero-tolerance stance on malpractice. To check results, candidates are advised to send “UTMERESULT” as one word via SMS to 55019 or 66019 using the same phone number used during registration. He added that result printing will be available at a later date.
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