JAMB Releases 11,000 Mop-Up Candidates’ Results

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the mop-up examination results.

According to a press statement released by JAMB yesterday, its spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said of the 96,838 candidates scheduled to sit for the mop-up examination, only 11,161 were confirmed present and had their results released.

He said, “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.”

Meanwhile, JAMB has also provided an update on its ongoing investigations into a criminal syndicate producing and distributing fake admission letters.

The scandal, first made public during a joint press conference between the Nigeria Police Force and JAMB on April 13, 2024, revealed that a network of fraudsters had forged JAMB admission letters for unsuspecting candidates in exchange for money.

With the support of the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), five ringleaders of the syndicate were apprehended. These 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.

As investigations deepened, JAMB flagged 17,417 candidates believed to be beneficiaries of the fake admission letters. Between 2024 and May 2025, 6,903 of these candidates, found to have only minor discrepancies in their admission records, were cleared after following due process.

However, the remaining 10,514 candidates were referred to the nearest police investigation offices for further scrutiny. Of this group, 5,669 candidates were found to have procured forged admission letters. In comparison, 4,832 candidates were discovered to have sought to bypass the ministerial waiver process by patronising the illegal syndicate.

These individuals were originally part of a batch whose admissions were not adequately disclosed to JAMB between 2017 and 2020, but were already being processed for official donation by their respective institutions.

In addition, JAMB announced that 1,532 candidates whose institutions have since processed their undisclosed admissions have been condoned.

These candidates had initially attempted to sidestep the official process by engaging the fraudulent syndicate, but are now being issued a stern warning even as their cases are regularised.