The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has inaugurated a special committee to investigate cases of technology-driven malpractice detected during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Inaugurating the 23-member committee in Abuja on Monday, JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, expressed concerns over the rising sophistication in perpetrating  exam fraud.

“This year, we came across a number of strange things and we felt that it would be better if we expand our resources.

“We believe that God has endowed this nation with a lot of resources that we can tap from,” Oloyede said.

Oloyede noted, that malpractices had evolved beyond traditional schemes into “technologically sophisticated forms,” including multiple cases of biometric and identity fraud by some accredited CBT centres and candidates.

The JAMB boss, emphasized the need for urgent action to safeguard the integrity of examinations.

“Examination malpractice is something that we must fight with every pinch of blood in our veins.

“This is because unchecked fraud could harm several sectors and tarnish Nigeria’s image,” he said.

The registrar disclosed that while 141 cases of “normal” exam malpractice had been referred to JAMB’s disciplinary committee, the committee would handle “extraordinary infractions,” such as image blending, albinism falsification, finger pairing, and attempts to breach the Local Area Network of some CBT centres.

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