Bwari (FCT)
– The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), said on Saturday that it
arrested six persons over alleged illegal registration and sale of 2017
Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) materials.
According to
him, the suspects were arrested by Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
(NSCDC) for various registration infractions in the ongoing 2017 UTME. “The
fraudsters were arrested from various locations across the country where they
were perpetuating their nefarious activities. “They were arrested from Oyo,
Ogun and Maiduguri by officers and men of the NSCDC and brought to Abuja where
startling revelations of their operations were made. “The suspects confessed in
the presence of Alhaji Abdullahi Mohamadu, Commandant-General of NSCDC, about
the numerous registration infractions that the Board couldn’t imagine. “Some of
these registration suspects are Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres owners
licensed by JAMB to conduct registration exercise for the candidates planning
to take the forthcoming UTME.” The Board on April 2, arrested 25 persons over
illegal registration and sale of 2017 UTME materials, as such bringing the total
number of suspects arrested to 31 so far. He described as worrisome the massive
investment by E-Kindle CBT centres to penetrate the airtel system the Board
often used to perpetrate all forms of wholesome practices.
Benjamin mentioned
that the suspects registered candidates without proper biometric, which means
such candidates would have problems with their details during examination if
not corrected immediately. He, however, decried the practice by people from
some quota in the country to thwart JAMB efforts, under Prof. Is-haq Oloyede,
to conduct credible UTME and fights against examination malpractice. The
spokesman listed some locations from which the suspects carried out their
operations to include include Oyo, Ogun and Kwara states respectively. Vanguardngr repoted
He noted
that although the Board gave access code to accredited CBT centres to partake
in the registration, router that was meant for Abia was being used in Maiduguri
to register candidates.
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