The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held on Saturday, June 28, 2025.
According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Board’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, out of 96,838 candidates scheduled for the mop-up exam, only 11,161 sat for the test and have had their results released.
“Candidates who are not able to access their result have been found not to have fully complied with the instruction to send ‘UTMERESULT’ (as one word text) to 55019/66019 from the same phone number (SIM) with which they registered for the UTME,” Dr. Benjamin said.
In a related development, JAMB also provided updates on its ongoing investigation into a criminal syndicate allegedly producing and distributing fake admission letters.
The fraud, first revealed during a joint press briefing by the Nigeria Police Force and JAMB on April 13, 2024, involved a network of individuals forging JAMB admission letters in exchange for money from unsuspecting candidates.
With support from the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), five key suspects in the syndicate were arrested.
“The individuals confessed to fabricating the forged documents and are currently facing prosecution at the Federal High Court, Abuja, in the case titled: Inspector General of Police Vs Effa Leonard and four others,” Dr. Benjamin stated.
As investigations expanded, JAMB flagged 17,417 candidates suspected to be beneficiaries of the forged letters.
“Between 2024 and May 2025, 6,903 of these candidates, who were found to have only minor discrepancies in their admission records, were cleared after following due process,” the Board said.
However, 10,514 others were referred to nearby police investigation units for further scrutiny. Of these: 5,669 candidates were found to have completely obtained forged admission letters.
4,832 candidates attempted to bypass the ministerial waiver process by engaging the criminal network.
JAMB clarified that many of these individuals were from a group whose admissions, between 2017 and 2020, had not been properly disclosed to the Board but were already being processed for official recognition by their respective institutions.
Additionally, JAMB disclosed that 1,532 candidates whose schools have since submitted their previously undisclosed admissions have now been officially condoned.
These candidates, who initially tried to avoid proper procedures through fraudulent means, have been issued strong warnings as their records were regularised.