July 07, (THEWILL) — The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2025 mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), conducted on Saturday, June 28.
In a statement issued by its spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB disclosed that results of 11,161 candidates—out of the 96,838 scheduled to sit for the mop-up—have been released.
Dr. Benjamin noted that candidates unable to access their results likely failed to follow the correct procedure of sending UTMERESULT as a single-word SMS to 55019 or 66019, using the same phone number used for UTME registration.
He urged affected candidates to comply with the correct method to retrieve their results.
Meanwhile, the board also raised an alarm over a large-scale admission fraud scandal, flagging 17,417 candidates in an ongoing investigation into fake admission letters.
According to Benjamin, the discovery followed a joint operation between JAMB and the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), which led to the arrest of five members of a syndicate involved in forging JAMB admission letters for a fee.
“The five arrested suspects confessed to producing fake JAMB admission letters and are currently being prosecuted at the Federal High Court, Abuja, in the case Inspector General of Police vs Effa Leonard and four others,” he said.
Following their confessions, JAMB flagged 17,417 candidates linked to the scam. So far, 6,903 candidates have been cleared after resolving minor discrepancies, while 10,514 remain under investigation.
Of those still under scrutiny, 5,669 were confirmed to have presented outright forged admission letters, while 4,832 were found to have bypassed due process by engaging the syndicate.
Thirteen candidates initially flagged due to institutional or administrative errors have now been cleared and permitted to reprint their legitimate admission letters.
These cases were linked to institutions such as Bayero University Kano (BUK), Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Ekiti State University (EKSU), Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), and the University of Ilorin.
Additionally, 1,532 candidates who denied involvement in the scam were later confirmed by their institutions to have been validly admitted. While they were conditionally cleared, they were also issued official warnings.
JAMB stated that 3,300 candidates are still under investigation as their respective institutions have yet to process or validate their admissions appropriately.
“The Board’s screening continues. Any candidate found to have engaged the services of examination or certificate fraudsters or to have violated registration, examination, or admission procedures will face the full weight of the law,” Benjamin said.
He warned that culprits, including under-aged candidates and their guardians or mentors, will be prosecuted under the Examination Malpractices Act.
JAMB reaffirmed its zero-tolerance stance on fraud, promising continued collaboration with security agencies to protect the integrity of Nigeria’s tertiary admissions system.
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