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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the release of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) resit results for candidates whose original exams were disrupted at certain centres across the country.
In a statement shared on Sunday via its official X (formerly Twitter) handle and signed by its Public Communication Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the Board expressed gratitude to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for providing a special window that enabled the smooth conduct of the resit examination.
While appreciating the cooperation of stakeholders, JAMB also raised serious concerns about the growing sophistication of examination malpractice in Nigeria, warning that such activities threaten the integrity of the education system and the future of the nation.
“Amid efforts to conduct credible examinations, some individuals continue to focus on spreading conspiracy theories and hate, while dangerous and increasingly complex methods of digital examination fraud are putting the country’s educational future at risk,” the statement read.
JAMB revealed that high-level malpractice was detected during the 2025 UTME, resulting in the cancellation of some results and the arrest of several suspects. Some of the apprehended individuals, the Board noted, have already made useful confessions.
The statement detailed alarming practices uncovered during investigations, including:
Collusion between some Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre operators and school proprietors
Remote hacking of local CBT networks to gain control of candidates’ computers, enabling external actors to submit answers directly to local servers
AI-assisted photo manipulation, allowing impersonators—often current undergraduates—to sit for exams on behalf of registered candidates
Use of composite fingerprints, where biometric data from multiple individuals was combined to bypass identity checks
Extension of Local Area Networks (LAN) to off-site “strong rooms” to enable illicit remote access
Disruption of seating arrangements to facilitate pairing candidates with hired mercenaries
The Board stressed that while each of the 882 examination centres operates with an individual local server—some of which were compromised—its central server remains fully secure and unaffected by these breaches.
“More than 3,000 candidates across the country have been identified either as direct participants or beneficiaries of this massive fraud,” the Board disclosed.
JAMB further warned that any candidate found guilty of malpractice—regardless of whether their results have already been released—will have their scores invalidated once investigations confirm their involvement.
The Board reiterated its commitment to preserving the integrity of its examinations and promised continued collaboration with security agencies to bring all culprits to justice.