Flashback: How Student Who Sued JAMB N1bn for Allegedly Changing His UTME Result Landed in Police Net
- JAMB has handed a 19-year-old student who participated in the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination over to the police for investigation
- Chinedu John claimed he scored 380 in the examination conducted in June 2021 and was surprised to receive 265 from the board after the results were released
- The candidate had, through his lawyer, threatened to sue JAMB for sending him a fake UTME result, but landed in the police net for forging his result and inflating it to 380
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A candidate who sued the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for N1 billion for changing his result has landed in police custody over alleged manipulation and forgery.
The 19-year-old student, through his lawyer, Akaiwe Ikeazor, filed a lawsuit against JAMB for N1 billion, claiming the examination board changed his 2019, 2020 and 2021 results, BBC News Pidgin reported.
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19-year-old students who sued JAMB for N1 billion handed over to the police
JAMB Registrar Professor Ishaq Oloyede, after giving the boy enough opportunities to confess, opened their server to prove that the student, John Chinedu manipulated his result.
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The student's original score in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) was 265, while he allegedly inflated it to 380.
JAMB, therefore, handed Chinedu to the police for forgery, which is termed a criminal offence, for further investigation, Daily Trust reported.
JAMB reveals how candidates are manipulating UTME results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board revealed ways in which candidates inflate their 2023 UTME results.
The examination body disclosed that candidates and their alleged sponsors defraud Nigerians with the claims that they had excellent results or got the highest score in the examination using a particular software.
JAMB explained that a certain software was being used to fake the version of results, and the same is put out in the public space for fun, while the alleged sponsors of the candidates also use the same results to defraud good-spirited Nigerians.
Mmesoma Ejikeme: Former education minister Obiageli Ezekwesili calls for forensic investigation
A former minister of education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, reacted to the UTME score manipulation saga between Mmesoma Ejikeme and the JAMB.
Ezekwesili said the saga requires a forensic investigation to unveil the hidden details of the matter.
She stated this on Monday, July 3, via her Twitter handle @obyezeks, adding that she reached out to JAMB registrar, Prof Ishaq Olarewaju Oloyede.
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