Anambra State tops the list with 14 suspects arrested for impersonation and picture mismatch, followed closely by Lagos State with nine suspects arrested for impersonation, spying, and possession of mobile phones.
The majority of the 80 suspects being interrogated by the police for their involvement in 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination malpractices are from Anambra and Lagos states, according to data obtained from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board.
Anambra State tops the list with 14 suspects arrested for impersonation and picture mismatch, followed closely by Lagos State with nine suspects arrested for impersonation, spying, and possession of mobile phones.
Anambra State- 14 suspects (13 cases of impersonation, 1 picture mismatch)
Lagos State- 9 suspects (impersonation, spying, possession of mobile phones)
Delta State- 8 suspects (impersonation, possession of mobile phones)
Kano State- 7 suspects (impersonation, mobile phone possession)
Kaduna State- 6 suspects (impersonation, mobile phone possession)
Rivers State: 6 suspects (impersonation, possession of mobile phones and calculators)
Ebonyi and Enugu States: 5 suspects each (impersonation)
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed that new methods of exam fraud were observed, including identity and biometric fraud, double registration, and attempted substitution of self by candidates.
A notable case involves a blind candidate who hired another blind undergraduate as an impersonator to sit the exam on his behalf.
The 2025 UTME results show that over 1.5 million candidates scored below 200, the average benchmark, out of 1.9 million participants. JAMB withheld 39,834 results due to suspected examination malpractices, with 96 results withheld due to exam infractions, a decrease from 123 in the previous year.
Four CBT centers were delisted and blacklisted due to technical deficiencies and substandard performance.
JAMB remains committed to eliminating examination malpractices and protecting the credibility of public examinations