The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it has handed over a 19-year-old candidate in the 2021-2022 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination to the police for investigation over what it described as “result tampering.”

According to the board’s Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, who briefed journalists at JAMB’s headquarters in Abuja on Friday, the candidate, Chinedu John, had claimed he scored 380 in the examination conducted in June but was surprised to receive 265 from the board after the results were released.

He said following alleged “alteration” of the UTME score, the candidate’s father, John Ifenkpam, approached an Enugu-based lawyer, Ikeazor Akaiwe, who wrote to JAMB for another opportunity for the boy to retake the examination and demanded N1 billion as damages.

According to Oloyede, the lawyer said the N1 billion was to cover for the physical and emotional trauma the boy had been through from being offered “two separate scores.”

The candidate was said to have claimed that his UTME scores from 2019 till 2021 had been “altered” by the board, thereby denying him the opportunity to study his desired course — Medicine.

On Friday, the candidate, his father and lawyer travelled to Abuja from Enugu State following an invitation by the management of the board led by Oloyede.

Initially, the boy was given few minutes to “come clean” in a closed session with his father and lawyers about the results he was parading but insisted that his original score from the examination was 380.

After back and forth, the board tendered evidence to counter the claim by John and his legal representative.

At the Friday meeting, documentary evidence tendered by the board showed that John actually scored 265 and not the 380 he had claimed.

Oloyede accused the candidate of alteration, adding that he will be handed over to the police for investigation and subsequently prosecuted.

The registrar said John was among 11 other candidates who allegedly forged their results that the board would prosecute.

He said the original result issued to him would be withdrawn pending investigation.

Oloyede said, “We have 11 of them who tampered with their results. Two of them are already being prosecuted. The remaining ones we are going to withdraw their results and prosecute them. The main purpose is to sanitise the system, including our own staff.

“There was never any communication of 380 with this boy. Because this boy has accused JAMB, we are going to withhold his result until the investigation is concluded. We are going to request that our interactions with him be subjected to the public.”

His lawyer, Ikeazor, appealed to the board to instead give room for further investigation.

“I will not stand against investigation. Let there be investigation but what I will not agree to is to prejudge him,” he said.

Earlier, John had said, “The result I have been receiving is not the result I am entitled to. I wrote the first JAMB in 2019.

“The first time, they sent 328 and later, I saw 278 when I checked it. I printed it. I couldn’t meet up for admission that year. I wanted to study Medicine and Surgery at the University of Ibadan.

“In 2020, the same thing happened. I scored 343, but by the time I went to the portal to print, I saw 306. I used the 306 and it gave me admission in UI. But because I didn’t have Further Mathematics, I had to forfeit it.

“I decided to leave Medicine and Surgery for them in 2021 so I picked Petroleum Engineering. In 2021, JAMB issued me two results. I saw 380 the first time I checked and then the second time, I saw 265.”

But the board’s Public Relations Officer, Fabian Benjamin, claimed that the candidate confessed to the crime.

He said, “The candidate who was paraded for forging the Board’s result has confessed after the Board discovered that he saved his sister’s number on his phone as 55019 and used the phone to send the fake result to his phone.

“When he sends such results, they come as 55019.

“He pleaded for mercy that he had to do that when the result he got was not up to what could give him his desired programme.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/19-year-old-candidate-who-sued-jamb-for-n1bn-handed-over-to-police/%3famp

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I believe the boy . JAMB has become so porous that once they can't understand how you were able to score 300+ ,it is regarded as "examination malpractice ". And this is very bad since it discourages the brightest from studying

We are following this news. They can produce his script or e-script na

He is an intelligent chap... Jamb is trying to intimidate him into admitting to their criminal label. They should set the exam for him with independent forensic assessors and you'll be shocked.

How is the boy seeing different results? JAMB should help us and explain.

It is now bad to be intelligent

I need to follow this

Intimidation at its peak....

Trying to cover their F*ups... yehyeh Government

A candidate that can sue jamb has nothing to hide.
The boy is a consistent high scorer from his past results. I believe the boy is telling the truth.

Who do we now believe? With his consistent high scores, we may conclude dude is a smart student!!!

When a student does well, they act surprised.

Scoring 380 in an exam you have taken previously and scored well in, is not difficult.

Nigerians are able to score stupidly high marks in the SATs, IGCSEs, etc. Exams where there is no question of malpractice. It is common jamb that we suddenly are too stupid to clear.

Mtchewww

Interesting article.

cooooooks:
When a student does well, they act surprised.

Scoring 380 in an exam you have taken previously and scored well in, is not difficult.

Nigerians are able to score stupidly high marks in the SATs, IGCSEs, etc. Exams where there is no question of malpractice. It is common jamb that we suddenly are too stupid to clear.

Mtchewww

If you have nothing sensible to say then shut your mouth

This one is serious....

It is said that JAMB presented documentary evidence that the young person scored 265. What is the nature of the evidence

I am happy people know the truth. In Nigeria, after secondary school, you are on your own, it seems that there's always a limit you can't cross. I knew I couldn't prove myself after secondary school in Nigeria unless I traveled abroad for school or in my chosen profession ( in my own business).

webizone:
I am happy people know the truth. In Nigeria, after secondary school, you are on your own, it seems that there's always a limit you can't cross. I knew I couldn't prove myself after secondary school in Nigeria unless I traveled abroad for school or in my chosen profession ( in my own business).

What is the relevance of this nonsense?

Following with vision 2030

For the father of the boy to come out and sue JAMB means that the boy is brilliant so JAMB should tell us where the boy's mark is desappearing to

Sometimes I just feel like God create Nigeria for his own amusement, just to "catch cruise" while he elegantly sit on his throne and laugh at the kinds of dramas that unfold in this country


Drama no dey finish for UAR

Lamasta:
For the father of the boy to come out and sue JA
MB means that the boy is brilliant so JAMB should tell us where the boy's mark is desappearing to

After snake chop 30 million in jamb office
I don lose hope in jamb
Anything they gimme I collect

How do you arrest a young boy who was speaking out for his right? Hereby, discouraging others to stand up for the right causes next time.

After his release, they should be sued again for double damages. This time N5billion. Great article, [url][/url]

This country is headed nowhere. I know this guy in person. He attends the same lesson as me although he later started teaching maths and physics. He even taught me physics for this year's jamb. He's not just good, he's too good. Edu is the definition of intelligence
This is not the first, not the second but the third time jamb is doing this. This year's own was just the height of it.
How can you keep denying a student his real score? Is that how much of a joke this country takes the future of the youths?
I'm not even talking about how bad this year's jamb was. You would check your score this minute and see one thing only to check the next minute to see another thing. Is it that they are using us to catch cruise or what?
When we heard this news at our lesson center, we were shocked because when he came on Tuesday, he told us that they were going to Abuja to defend the results only to hear now that he is in police custody for manipulation of results. What stupid manipulation?
They have turned the whole story upside down just to shut him up.
For his father to sue the court means that he his confident that he can defend the results. If Jamb says he was involved in malpractice, let them give him another exam to write because I'm confident that he would smash it. Just that our system is already corrupted, they might decide to manipulate it again. Infact, I'm just vexed right now. Personally, I feel Edu is too good for this trash we call country. Let them just release him for us. Person we God don bless, Jamb no fit stop am. After dem go say the youths are lazy, the youths are not reading but just look at what they are doing to someone that deserves it. How will this encourage people to study now? Even me here, I am totally discouraged and disappointed with this country. I just tire for Nigeria

Like how many you don collect

After snake chop 30 million in jamb office
I don lose hope in jamb
Anything they gimme I collect [/quote]

2019 result temperd , 2020 result temperd and 2021 result temperd again

yarimo:
2019 result temperd , 2020 result temperd and 2021 result temperd again

@[url][/url] come see wetin this wan dey talk.

JAMB SHOULD BE SCRAPED
It has outlived it's relevance

Sixsigmahub:
Update from

There was mild drama at the headquarters of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) Bwari, FCT as a 19 year – old candidate in the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, Chinedu Ifesinachi John, who accused the board of altering his original score of 380 was handed over to the Police for investigation.

John had claimed he scored 380 in the examination conducted in June and was surprised to receive 265 from the board after the results were released, [url][/url] reports.

After several enquiries, 265 kept appearing as his score as against the 380 score.

Following the alleged “alteration” of the UTME score, his father, John Ifenkpam approached an Enugu – based lawyer, Ikeazor Akaiwe, who wrote to JAMB for another opportunity for the boy to retake the examination and demanded N1 billion as damages.

The lawyer said in an official letter addressed to the board that the N1 billion was to cover for the physical and emotional trauma the boy had been through from being offered “two separate scores from 2019 – 2021.”

Master John claimed that his UTME scores from 2019 till 2021 had been “altered” by the board, thereby denying him the opportunity to study his desired course – medicine.

According to [url][/url], on Friday, the candidate, his father and lawyers traveled down to Abuja from Enugu state following an invitation from the management of the board led by the Registrar of JAMB, Prof Is – haq Oloyede.

Initially, the boy was given few minutes to “come clean” in a closed session with his father and lawyers about the results he was parading but insisted that his original score from the examination was 380.

After going back and forth, the board tendered evidence to counter the claim by John and his legal representatives.

At the Friday meeting, documentary evidence tendered by the board showed that John actually scored 265 not the 380 he had claimed.

Oloyede accused the candidate of result tempering, adding that he will be handed over to the police for investigation and subsequently prosecuted.

The registrar said John was among 11 eleven other candidates who allegedly forged their results that the board would prosecute.

He said the original result issued to John would be withdrawn pending the end of the investigation.

The registrar said: “We will give you five minutes for your child to tell you the truth. If he doesn’t tell you the truth and come back we will show you what your son has done and hand him over to the police.

“Who is helping you to do it? How much did he pay; if you don’t tell your father the truth we will hand you over to the police and you must be prosecuted.

“We have 11 of them who tampered with their results. Two of them are already being prosecuted.

“The remaining ones we are going to withdraw their results and prosecute them. The main purpose is to sanitise the system, including our own staff.

“There was never any communication of 380 with this boy. Because this boy has accused JAMB, we are going to withhold his result until the investigation is concluded. We are going to request that our interactions with him be subjected to the public.

“As far as I am concerned I am reporting you to the IG now except you tell me who helped you to commit this crime.”

The registrar said the boy needed redemption with the crimes he had allegedly “committed.”

He also said a team of security agents would visit Enugu state to arrest members of a tutorial group the boy confessed to belong to.

According to Oloyede, tutorial owners are at the heart of examination malpractice in the country, saying the board would not relent in fighting them.

His lawyer, Ikeazor, appealed to the board to give room for further investigation.

He said: “I will not stand against investigation. Let there be investigation but what I will not agree to is to prejudge him.”

John had said: “The result I have been receiving is not the result I am entitled to. I wrote the first JAMB in 2019.

“The first time they sent 328 later I saw 278 score when I checked it. I printed it. I couldn’t meet up for admission that year. I wanted to study medicine and surgery at the University of Ibadan.

“In 2020 the same thing happened. I scored 343 by the time I went to the portal to print I saw 306. I used the 306 and it gave me admission in UI. But because I didn’t have further mathematics I had to forfeit it.

“I decided to leave medicine and surgery for them in 2021 so I picked petroleum engineering. In 2021, JAMB issued me two results. I saw 380 the first time I checked then the second I saw 265.”

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I don talk am before say dis jamb of a thing na complete scam