The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially released the results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) resit conducted for candidates affected by technical disruptions at various centres.
In a statement issued on Sunday by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, the board confirmed that out of the 336,845 candidates rescheduled for the exam, 21,082 were absent. No reasons were provided for the high number of absentees.
JAMB also announced that over 3,000 results had been withdrawn following the discovery of widespread examination malpractice. The board identified a disturbing trend in which candidates were allegedly “paired with professional mercenaries” after deliberately disrupting sitting arrangements to facilitate access for impersonators.
The board further disclosed that some of those implicated are undergraduates from tertiary institutions, raising serious concerns about the growing involvement of students in organised examination fraud.
Over three thousand candidates nationwide have been identified as either accomplices or beneficiaries of this extraordinary examination fraud. As investigations progress, all candidates implicated in these unwholesome activities will have their results withdrawn as soon as incontrovertible proofs are established, even if the results have been released,” the statement read.
Addressing circulating rumours, JAMB dismissed claims that candidates who scored highly in the cancelled sessions of the examination would retain their original results.
The board stated that the misleading questions being posed by specific individuals about candidates who allegedly scored highly in the cancelled sessions and might wish to retain their earlier results were entirely unfounded. It explained that only a few candidates scored up to 217 in the affected sessions, while 99 per cent scored below 200 marks, indicating that there were no high scorers in the cancelled sessions across the six affected states.
JAMB assured the public that all results have now been released, except for those involving candidates implicated in malpractice and those still scheduled for mop-up examinations.
The board added that recent intelligence from security agencies has led to the withdrawal of additional results previously released to some candidates.
Candidates with valid results are not required to recheck their scores, as those affected by withdrawals are being notified via text messages, registered profiles, and email.
Reiterating its commitment to fairness and credibility, JAMB said it will continue to enforce strict measures to preserve the integrity of the UTME and promote merit-based admissions into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions.
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