Fifty professional examination writers who sit for candidates in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination have been arrested, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, has revealed.
The board said the impostors were arrested nationwide following its intelligence gathering mechanism.
JAMBโs Spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in the agencyโs weekly bulletin.
Benjamin identified some of the professional examination writers as Masterโs degree holders, postgraduate and undergraduate students of various tertiary institutions in the country.
He said the professional writers connived with owners and operators of its Computer Based Test Centres (CBT) to carry out the crime by engaging in multiple registrations where the fingerprints of the main candidates are captured side by side with that of the impostors.
โThe board has uncovered a group of professional examination writers who take the exams for prospective candidates for a fee.
โAs a result of intelligence gathering, over 50 of such writers have been arrested across the country.
โThe modus operandi of these UTME syndicates was confirmed when one of the kingpins was apprehended recently,โ the bulletin said.
He said the culprit confessed to have done multiple registrations of his biometric along with several other candidates with the intention of sitting for them and collecting huge sums of money from the candidates.
โThis Development is the fundamental reason for the decision of the board to revalidate all biometrics of candidates that have taken the boardโs examination in recent times.
โThis timely action would enable the board to not only fish out and dismantle these registration cartels and racketeers but also bring them to book along with their collaborators,โ the bulletin said.
Also, Fabian said 1, 236, 316 candidates out of the 1.8 million registered has so far taken the examination.
โA total of 1,886,238 UTME candidates are expected to sit nationwide. And, 1,236,316 candidates have so far taken their examination,โ it added.
