The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the official release of results for the 2025 mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which was conducted on Saturday, June 28.
In a statement issued Sunday evening by the board’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB disclosed that results have now been released for 11,161 candidates who actually took the exam. This number is out of a total of 96,838 candidates who were originally scheduled to participate in the mop-up exercise.
The board, however, noted that some candidates could not access their results due to their failure to follow proper procedures.
“Candidates who are not able to access their results have been found not to have fully complied with the instruction to send ‘UTMERESULT’ (as one word text) to 55019 or 66019 using the same phone number (SIM) used during registration for the UTME,” the statement read.
JAMB asked such candidates to ensure they follow the correct steps in order to retrieve their results.
In the same statement, Dr. Benjamin gave further details about a fake admission letter syndicate that was exposed in 2024. He said the police had arrested five individuals believed to be the key members of the group involved in creating and distributing forged JAMB admission letters for a fee.
He reminded the public of the joint press briefing held on April 13, 2024, between JAMB and the Nigeria Police Force, which came as a response to the discovery of the fake letter racket. A full investigation was launched after JAMB lodged a complaint.
“With the assistance of the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), the police successfully apprehended the 5 ring-leaders behind the scam.
“The five arrested ring-leaders confessed to producing the fake admission letters and are currently being prosecuted at the Federal High Court, Abuja in the case between Inspector General of Police Vs Effa Leonard and four (4) others,” he said.
He added that based on the investigation, 17,417 candidates were found to have benefited from the forged letters. Of these, 6,903 students who had only minor issues and followed due process were later cleared. The remaining 10,514 were directed to their nearest police investigation offices for further questioning.
Among the 10,514, JAMB confirmed that 5,669 had knowingly bought fake admission letters. Another 4,832 candidates, whose institutions had not yet officially processed their admissions under a 2017–2020 waiver, turned to the syndicate out of impatience.
Benjamin also revealed that 13 candidates were flagged due to different errors or problems, often caused by the candidates themselves. Of these, 12 had registered in 2017 when the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) was introduced.
He said, “Of the thirteen candidates, 2 each are from both Bayero University Kano and Enugu State University of Science and Technology, while one each is from Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri; Federal University of Technology, Akure; Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti; Yaba College of Technology.
“Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye; Osun State Polytechnic, Ire; Ben Idahosa University, Benin City; Obong University, Obong Ntak; and the University of Ilorin.”
JAMB’s management met on July 5, 2025, and decided that these 13 students should fix their individual issues and go ahead to print their new admission letters. They fall under the group of 6,903 candidates previously pardoned.
Additionally, 1,532 candidates claimed they were unaware of the syndicate’s involvement in their admissions. While their defence was found difficult to believe, JAMB said they have been issued a warning and forgiven since their institutions eventually processed their admissions properly.
However, 3,300 other candidates, whose schools have not taken any steps to process or admit them legally, are still being investigated.
