The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has revealed that while 141 cases of “normal” examination malpractice have been sent to JAMB’s disciplinary committee, a new committee will handle “extraordinary infractions,” such as image blending, albinism falsification, finger pairing, and attempts to breach some CBT centres’ Local Area Network.
This was disclosed by JAMB registrar, Professor Ishaq oloyede at the inauguration of a 23-member special committee to investigate cases of technology-driven malpractices detected during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.
The JAMB’s Registrar decried the rising sophistication of exam fraud, revealing that the results of 6,458 candidates remain under investigation for alleged involvement in high-tech malpractice.
Oloyede listed the terms of reference of the committee to include investigate all the cases of image blending, finger blending, false claim of albinism and result falsification in the 2025 examination, identify the methods, patterns, tools, and technologies used to perpetrate this infraction, review current examination and registration policies and recommend improvements, and determine the culpability or otherwise of each of the 6,458 suspected candidates whose results, excluding the albinism group, are still being withheld.
Other terms of reference are to recommend appropriate disciplinary actions or sanctions against individuals or groups found culpable, propose a proactive framework for the detection, deterrence, and prevention of technologically enabled examination fraud in future exercises, Consider and advise on any issue incidental or related to these issues, and submit a report not later than three weeks after the inauguration of the committee, due to the fact that admissions are expected to close in four weeks.
Chairman of the committee, Jake Epele pledged the committee’s commitment to the assignment.
Members of the committee include Professor Muhammad Bello, Professor Samuel Odewummi, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba, Professor Tanko Ishaya, Professor Ibe Ifeakandu, and retired Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni.
Others are Chuks Okpaka of Microsoft Africa, President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, representative of the Office of the National Security Adviser, Department of State Services, Nigeria Police Force, and the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, among others.
(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)
