The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has inaugurated a special committee to investigate 6,458 cases of technology-driven malpractice detected during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The 23-member panel was inaugurated on Monday in Abuja by JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, who expressed concern over the increasing sophistication of examinationm fraud. “This year we came across several strange things,” he said, noting that malpractice has evolved into technologically advanced forms, including biometric and identity fraud at some computer-based test centres.
While 141 cases of conventional examination malpractice have been referred to JAMB’s disciplinary committee, the new panel will handle “extraordinary infractions” such as image blending, albinism falsification, finger pairing, and attempts to breach local networks at test centres. Prof. Oloyede instructed the committee to submit its report within three weeks.
Committee members include academics such as Prof. Muhammad Bello, Prof. Samuel Odewummi, and Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba, alongside Dr. Chuks Okpaka of Microsoft Africa and the President of the National Association of Nigerian Students. Security agencies, the Office of the National Security Adviser, the Nigeria Police Force, and the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools are also represented.
