2025 UTME: JAMB Arrests Over 25 Impersonators, Delists 4 CBT Centres
Israel Adeleke
OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said that it has so far arrested 27 impersonators, and also delisted four Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.
OTN News further reports that Jamb who disclosed this through its spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, late this week, said that the 27 impersonators apprehended have been handed over to the Nigeria Police for immediate prosecution, adding that the delisted four Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres have failed to meet the stringent technical standards required for the UTME.
According to the body, the delisted centres are: Adventure Associate, Behind Sheshe Supermarket, Off Hadejia Road, Kano, Kano State; Saadatu Rimi College of Education, Zaria Road, Naibawa, Kano, Kano State; Penta M & F Technical Services Ltd, Centre 2, 96km Sokoto-Jega Road, Tambuwal and Penta M & F Technical Services Ltd, Centre 1, 96km Sokoto-Jega Road, Tambuwal.
Meanwhile, the board which later commended the 883 centres that have demonstrated exceptional performance, warned that any centre which failed the ethical or technical standards, regardless of ownership, will be blacklisted.
“Candidates who were previously scheduled to take their exams at the delisted centres are urged to urgently reprint their examination notification slips to access their new centres and rescheduled dates. We regret any inconvenience this may cause, but we will not tolerate excuses by candidates who fail to reprint their slip to get their new schedules , “it said.
The board, however, revealed that, “As of Friday, 25th April, 2025, over 900,000 candidates have successfully completed the UTME out of the 2,083,600 registered for the 2025 examination. “
Meanwhile, JAMB said it has been alerted to the unauthorized restrictions imposed on candidates wearing hijabs in its Caleb University Centre, “and swift action has been taken to address this unilateral decision, which has been categorically condemned by the Vice-Chancellor of the university.”
“ This misguided action was the result of an overzealous security officer.
“We extend our sincere apologies to the affected candidates and commend the leadership of both the centre and the university for their prompt intervention, which ensured that no candidate suffered undue disadvantage, “it said
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