The results of the mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which was held on Saturday, June 28, have been made public by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, made the announcement yesterday in Abuja, confirming that 11,161 of the 96,838 applicants who were scheduled to take the mop-up exam have had their results released.
The announcement stated “Candidates who are not able to access their results have been found not to have fully complied with the instruction to send ‘UTMERESULT’ (as one word text) to 55019/66019 from the same phone number (SIM) with which they registered for the UTME.
Additionally, JAMB gave an update on the ongoing investigation into a syndicate of fraudulent admission letters, the masterminds of which were apprehended in 2024.
“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 April 13, 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 statement read.
“With the assistance of the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), the police successfully apprehended the five ring-leaders behind the scam.
“The five arrested ring-leaders confessed to producing the fake admission letters and are currently being prosecuted at the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, in the case between Inspector General of Police Vs Effa Leonard and four Others. Following the confession from the syndicate, a total of 17,417 candidates were flagged as beneficiaries.”
“A thorough inquiry was started as a result of JAMB’s accusation that a syndicate had been fabricating JAMB Admission Letters for prospective applicants in exchange for money. The five ringleaders behind the scam were successfully captured by the authorities with the help of the Nigeria authorities Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC)”
After they fixed minor inconsistencies, the board declared that 6,903 of the flagged candidates had been cleared between 2024 and May 2025. The remaining 10,514 applicants were directed to specific police investigation offices, it was further said.
Additionally, JAMB stated: “Of the 10,514 candidates, 5,669 were found to have directly purchased forged letters, while 4,832 candidates, whose admission was not disclosed to JAMB at the time and who were being processed for condonement by their confessing institutions under a ministerial waiver (2017-2020), impatiently engaged the syndicate to circumvent the procedure.”
“Thirteen others were found to have been flagged due to one act of omission/commission or the other on the part of the candidates. Twelve of the 13 candidates registered in 2017 when CAPS was established.”
JAMB identified the following institutions as being involved in the 13 cases: Ben Idahosa University, Benin City, Edo State; Obong University, Obong Ntak, Akwa Ibom State; Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Lagos; Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State; Osun State Polytechnic, Ire; Bayero University, Kano (BUK); Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT); Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri; Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA); Ekiti State University (EKSU), and the University of Ilorin, Kwara State.
3,300 candidates are still being investigated, according to JAMB, because their universities did not submit their admissions through the proper procedures.
