The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has inaugurated a 23-member committee to investigate 6,458 cases of technology-driven malpractice recorded during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who inaugurated the team on Monday in Abuja, lamented the growing sophistication of examination fraud.
He disclosed that while 141 conventional cases of malpractice had been forwarded to JAMB’s disciplinary committee, the newly inaugurated body will probe “extraordinary infractions” detected during the UTME.
“These include image blending, albinism falsification, finger pairing, and attempts to breach some CBT centres’ local area networks,” Oloyede said.
The Registrar further explained that malpractice has now evolved beyond traditional schemes, with multiple instances of biometric and identity fraud involving candidates and some accredited CBT centres.
“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 added.
The committee has been mandated to submit its report within three weeks.
Members include academics such as Prof. Muhammad Bello, Prof. Samuel Odewummi, Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba, Prof. Tanko Ishaya, and Prof. Ibe Ifeakandu; retired Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni; Dr. Chuks Okpaka of Microsoft Africa; and representatives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), the Office of the National Security Adviser, the DSS, the Nigeria Police Force, and the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools.
