Standup9ja: JAMB arrests 6 persons over alleged illegal sale
of UTME materials
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.
Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head of Public Relations of JAMB, made
this in a statement issued in Abuja.
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.
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. (NAN)
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