The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted on Saturday, June 28, 2025.
This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja by the Board’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin.
According to Benjamin, out of the 96,838 candidates scheduled for the mop-up exercise, results for 11,161 candidates who were present have been released.
He noted that candidates unable to access their results likely failed to comply fully with the official instructions—specifically, sending the keyword ” UTMERESULT” (as a single word) via SMS to 55019 or 66019 using the same phone number (SIM) used during registration.
The statement also provided an update on the boards ongoing investigation into a fake admission letter syndicate, whose masterminds were arrested in 2024.
“You will recall that a joint press conference between the Police Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board was held on April 13, 2024,” the statement read. “This followed JAMB’s complaint about a syndicate involved in fabricating fake admission letters for candidates in exchange for payment.”
With the help of the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), five key suspects were arrested. They confessed to producing the forged admission letters and are currently facing prosecution at the Federal High Court, Abuja, in the case between the Inspector General of Police and Effa Leonard & four others.
Following these confessions, 17,417 candidates were identified as beneficiaries of the scam.
Between 2024 and May 2025, JAMB reviewed these cases and cleared 6,903 candidates who were found to have only minor discrepancies and complied with rectification processes. However, 10,514 others were referred to designated police investigation offices.
Among these, 5,669 candidates were confirmed to have outrightly procured fake admission letters. Another 4,832 candidates—whose admissions had not been disclosed to JAMB but were in the process of being regularized under a 2017–2020 ministerial waiver opted to engage the syndicate instead of following due process.
In addition, 13 candidates were flagged for various acts of omission or commission. Of these, 12 had registered in 2017, the year the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) was introduced.
The breakdown of these 13 candidates by institution includes:
2 each from Bayero University Kano (BUK) and Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT)
1 each from:
Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri
Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA)
Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti (EKSU)
Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH)
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye
Osun State Polytechnic, Iree
Benson Idahosa University, Benin City
Obong University, Obong Ntak
University of Ilorin
At its meeting held on July 5, 2025, the Board resolved that these 13 candidates, having been flagged due to specific irregularities, should be asked to rectify the anomalies and reprint their letters of admission. They are now classified among the earlier-condoned batch of 6,903 candidates.
Additionally, 1,532 candidates claimed they were unaware of the illegitimacy of their admission letters, although their defense was considered weak. However, since their institutions have since regularized their admissions, they have been officially condoned but warned.
JAMB further revealed that 3,300 candidates, whose institutions have not processed their admission properly or who remain under suspicion, are still under investigation.
“The Board’s screening processes are ongoing. Any candidate found to have engaged in or solicited the services of exam or certificate fraud syndicates, or to have violated registration, examination, or admission protocols, will face appropriate sanctions,” the statement concluded. “This includes prosecution under the Examination Malpractices Act, which stipulates penalties even for under-aged offenders and their complicit guardians or parents.”
