The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that its Special Committee on Examination Infractions has concluded its assignment and will present its report to the board’s management on Monday, September 8, 2025.
The committee, established last month with a three-week mandate, was directed to probe irregularities uncovered during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
According to JAMB, about 6,458 candidates are suspected of involvement in the malpractice. The panel, chaired by Dr. Jake Epelle of the TAF Foundation, was tasked with identifying the strategies, patterns, tools, and technologies used to carry out the infractions.
The committee members “review current examination and registration policies and recommend improvements to strengthen the system’s resilience against such malpractice; determine the culpability, if any, of each of the 6,458 suspected candidates (whose results, excluding the albinism group, remain withheld; recommend appropriate disciplinary actions or sanctions against individuals or groups found culpable.”
They will also recommend improvements to strengthen the system’s resilience against malpractice.
The committee was instructed to consider any incidental or related issues and to submit a full report no later than three weeks after its inauguration.
JAMB said the committee’s report is expected to address novel forms of examination infractions observed during the 2025 UTME.
Membership of the committee includes academics, security and technology experts and representatives of relevant stakeholders.
Notable members listed in the bulletin are Prof. Ibe Ifeakandu (Deputy Chairperson), Prof. Muhammad Yahuza Bello, Prof. Samuel G. Odewumi, Prof. Chinedum Uzoma Nwajiuba, Prof. Tanko Ishaya, and CP (Rtd) Fatai Owoseni. Security representation included officers from the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Police Force, while the Office of the National Security Adviser, the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities and the National Association of Nigerian Students were also represented.
Technology and education stakeholders — including Dr. Chuks Okpaka, Dr. Mrs. Olubukola Dosunmu and others — completed the panel.
Board representatives on the committee included senior JAMB officials from ITS, legal services and other departments, while the committee secretariat comprised Mrs. Alisabatu Jekada and Mr. Iyilade Abiola.