The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of its mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted on Saturday, June 28, 2025.
In a statement on Sunday, the Board’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, announced that 11,161 results have been released out of the 96,838 candidates scheduled to participate in the exercise. According to the statement, candidates unable to access their results likely failed to comply with the instruction to send “UTMERESULT” (as a single word) to 55019 or 66019 using the same phone number registered for the UTME.
JAMB also provided an update on its ongoing investigation into a criminal syndicate that issued fake JAMB admission letters to candidates in exchange for money. The fraud was first exposed in April 2024 during a joint press briefing held by JAMB and the Nigeria Police Force.
Following an investigation led by the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), five ringleaders were arrested and have confessed to the crime. They are currently being prosecuted at the Federal High Court in Abuja in the case between the Inspector General of Police and Effa Leonard, alongside four others. Their confession led to the identification of 17,417 candidates who benefited from the scam.
Between 2024 and May 2025, JAMB cleared 6,903 of these candidates after verifying their records and resolving what it described as “minor discrepancies.” However, the remaining 10,514 candidates were referred to designated police investigation offices nationwide.
Of those referred, 5,669 candidates were confirmed to have procured forged admission letters outright. Another 4,832 candidates, whose admissions were initially undisclosed to JAMB and were being processed for condonement by their institutions under a ministerial waiver (2017–2020), bypassed the official process by engaging the syndicate. Additionally, 13 candidates were flagged for acts of omission or commission traceable to themselves or their institutions.
JAMB identified the institutions involved in these 13 cases as Bayero University Kano, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Ramat Polytechnic Maiduguri, Federal University of Technology Akure, Ekiti State University, Yaba College of Technology, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Osun State Polytechnic Iree, Ben Idahosa University, Obong University, and the University of Ilorin.
Following a management meeting on July 5, 2025, the Board resolved that these 13 candidates—who fall within the batch of 6,903 earlier condoned—should be allowed to rectify the anomalies in their records and reprint valid admission letters.
In addition, 1,532 candidates whose institutions later processed their admission condonement were granted clemency despite initially attempting to circumvent official procedures. Although their defence was described as difficult to believe, they have been issued stern warnings and added to the list of condoned candidates.
Meanwhile, 3,300 candidates remain under investigation as their admissions have yet to be regularized through legitimate institutional channels.
JAMB reiterated its commitment to maintaining the integrity of the examination and admission process, warning that any candidate found to have engaged with admission racketeers or violated established procedures would face sanctions.
“The Board’s screening processes continue, and any candidate found to have solicited help from examination or admission fraudsters will be sanctioned in accordance with the Examination Malpractices Act,” the statement said, adding that consequences apply even to underage candidates and their culpable parents or guardians.
