The Joint Admission and
Matriculation Board (JAMB) has
arrested 25 persons for engaging in
illegal registration of candidates and
sale of 2017 Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination (UTME)
forms in the country.
Speaking on the matter, JAMB registrar,
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede said those that were
arrested were selling registration
materials to the candidates preparing for
the 2017 UTME.
Oloyede said the suspects were arrested
by a combined team of Anti-Corruption
and Transparency Unit (ACTU); members
of the Nigerian Security and Civil
Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Nigeria
Police Force.
The JAMB boss further added that the e-
Brochure and e-Syllabus, which were
meant to be free, were being sold by the
culprits as high as N800 each
nationwide.
He said: “Our quality assurance
unit, particularly the Anti-
Corruption and Transparency Unit
had to go out to see what was
happening, following reports of
extortion.
“We were having reports that
candidates are paying more than
the N5,500 that is required.,”
“Some of them inflated the
prices of registration and
application documents, so we
had to arrest them to show
Nigerians that those items were
not supposed to be sold.
“The arrests were carried out
across the country yesterday
April 1, and we have handed
them over to the Nigerian Police
for prosecution.”
Candidates seeking to register for the
forthcoming UTME were urged to go
about their registration in line with due
processes to avoid hitches associated
with irregularities.
He said JAMB would stick to its month-
end deadline for registration for this
year’s examination.
Oloyede further dismissed complaints
about poor internet connectivity, adding
that many of the business centres who
wanted JAMB to return to the old
practice or producers of scratch cards
are behind the complaints.