JAMB Arrests 27 Impersonators In Abuja, Delists 4 CBT Centres During 2025 UTME

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has arrested 27 people who tried to impersonate candidates during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

JAMB’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, announced the arrests in a statement released on Friday in Abuja.

In a separate issue at Caleb University, Dr. Benjamin confirmed that the Board had responded quickly after being informed about candidates wearing hijabs being wrongly restricted.

He apologized to those affected and praised the university’s leadership for stepping in immediately to resolve the situation.

“We extend our sincere apologies to the affected candidates and commend the leadership of both the centre and the university for their prompt intervention, which ensured that no candidate suffered undue disadvantage,” JAMB stated.

The Vice-Chancellor of Caleb University reportedly condemned the action, blaming it on an overzealous security officer.

Meanwhile, JAMB revealed it had set up decoy websites designed to catch candidates trying to cheat. These fake sites, which looked like scammer websites, helped the Board identify about 180 candidates who paid at least N30,000 for leaked exam questions and fake results.

JAMB also announced the delisting of four Computer-Based Testing (CBT) centres in Abuja for not meeting the technical standards required for the UTME.

“We regret any inconvenience this may cause, but we will not tolerate excuses from candidates who fail to reprint their slips,” Benjamin warned.

Candidates who were assigned to these centres were urged to reprint their exam slips right away. Dr. Benjamin warned that no excuses would be accepted from those who fail to do so.

The centres that were removed include:

• Adventure Associate, behind Sheshe Supermarket, Hadejia Road, Kano.
• Saadatu Rimi College of Education, Zaria Road, Naibawa, Kano.
• Penta M & F Technical Services Ltd., Centre 1, 96km Sokoto-Jega Road, Tambuwal.
• Penta M & F Technical Services Ltd., Centre 2, 96km Sokoto-Jega Road, Tambuwal.

Dr. Benjamin said while JAMB appreciates the 883 centres that performed well, it would not hesitate to blacklist any centre that fails to meet its standards.

“While JAMB commends the 883 centres that have demonstrated exceptional performance, it unequivocally warns that any centre failing to meet ethical or technical standards, regardless of ownership, will be blacklisted,” Dr Benjamin stated

He added that as of April 25, 2025, over 900,000 candidates had already completed their UTME out of the 2,083,600 who registered for this year’s exams.

KanyiDaily recalls that the National Assembly recently warned that it may cut off the Federal Government’s funding to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in the 2025 budget.