The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the release of results for the mop-up examination conducted on Saturday, June 28, 2025.
In a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, disclosed that out of the 96,838 candidates scheduled to sit for the mop-up test, results have been released for the 11,161 candidates who actually sat for the examination.
Benjamin explained that candidates experiencing difficulties in accessing their results failed to properly follow the instruction to send “UTMERESULT” as a single-word text message to either 55019 or 66019, using the same phone number they registered with for the UTME.
Meanwhile, Benjamin provided updates on the syndicate involved in producing fake JAMB admission letters, a racket uncovered in 2024. He recalled that on April 13, 2024, JAMB and the Nigeria Police Force held a joint press conference after uncovering a criminal network forging JAMB admission letters for students in exchange for payment.
Following an extensive investigation led by the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), five key figures behind the fraudulent scheme were arrested. According to Benjamin, the arrested individuals confessed to manufacturing counterfeit admission letters and are now facing prosecution at the Federal High Court in Abuja in the case titled Inspector General of Police vs. Effa Leonard and four others.
Benjamin revealed that investigations have so far flagged 17,417 candidates as beneficiaries of the fake admission letters. Between 2024 and May 2025, JAMB reported to the Federal Ministry of Education that 6,903 candidates who had minor discrepancies in their records were cleared after resolving their issues. However, 10,514 candidates remain under investigation and have been referred to designated police investigative offices.
Among these, 5,669 candidates were confirmed to have deliberately procured forged admission letters, while another 4,832 candidates, whose admissions had not been properly documented by JAMB and who were initially eligible under a ministerial waiver for the 2017-2020 admission period, resorted to the syndicate in frustration to bypass the official process.
Benjamin further disclosed that 13 other candidates were flagged for various irregularities either by mistake or omission on their part. Of these 13 candidates, two each are from Bayero University Kano (BUK) and Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), while the remaining nine candidates are 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 Ire, Ben Idahosa University Benin City, Obong University Obong Ntak, and the University of Ilorin.
During a management meeting held on July 5, 2025, JAMB resolved that these 13 candidates should be allowed to correct their anomalies and proceed to print new admission letters, as they fall within the group of 6,903 candidates previously pardoned.
Additionally, JAMB stated that 1,532 candidates who claimed they were unaware of the fraudulent actions taken on their behalf—but whose institutions eventually regularized their initially undisclosed admissions—have been cautioned and officially pardoned.
Nevertheless, Benjamin affirmed that 3,300 candidates whose institutions have not processed their admissions remain under investigation for potential involvement in illegitimate or undisclosed admissions.
He reiterated that JAMB’s screening processes are ongoing and warned that any candidate found to have sought the help of examination or certificate fraudsters, or who violates established procedures for registration, examination, or admission, will face strict consequences under the Examination Malpractices Act. This includes legal action and penalties, which apply even to minors and any implicated parents, guardians, or mentors.
