Twenty suspects have been arrested for hacking the 2025 Computer-based test examinations conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The suspects were nabbed by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Police Force, in Abuja,
The suspects are part of a syndicate believed to have over 100 persons, who specialize in hacking the computer servers of examination bodies like JAMB and the National Examinations Council (NECO).
According to security sources, the suspects have confessed to sabotaging the CBT system in order to discredit JAMB and discourage students from using CBT for future examinations to be conducted by NECO and the West African Examination Council, WAEC.
The entire hacking process was to influence high scores for special candidates who paid between ₦700,000 and ₦2 million.
It was gathered that several members of the syndicate own private schools and colleges, and make huge sums of money from their special centres.