UTME: JAMB Arrests Cyber Cafe Operators for Selling Information to Candidates

A revelation by the leadership of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB)
stipulates that some cyber cafe operators colluded with applicants to cheat.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) yesterday said it had arrested
operators of cyber cafés for defrauding candidates of the ongoing Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination (UTME) for N10,000 to access information on their e- mails.

Its Head of Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said this yesterday in a statement issued in Abuja.

He said the operators deliberately changed the e-mail addresses and passwords of candidates to ensure that messages sent to the candidates by JAMB get to them
(operators of cyber cafes) and in turn sell such information.

“We also appeal to candidates not to allow cheats to defraud them as we have arrested cyber cafe operators who changed candidates email addresses and passwords and ensure that all messages send to candidates get to them and in turn sale such
information like examination notification for N10,000.

“It’s our humble expectation that a candidate aspiring to be a student in any tertiary institution should be able to operate
an email. All information are send to their email addresses and also on our site for the public use,” he said.

He said the organisation did not post candidates out of their preferred towns as was reported in the media.

“Again we want to reiterate that we did not post any candidate outside his or her town
of choice as expressed in their application, contrary to reports in some quarters.

Candidates are always allowed to make a choice of examination town while we allocate centres within the examination
town chosen by a candidate,” he said.

Fabian hailed the organisation for the successful conduct of the UTME, which began on Saturday across 642 computer
based centres (CBT).

He said: “We are happy that the 2017 UTME, which kicked off on Saturday, May 13, has
been hitch-free so far and in line with the arrangements put in place for candidates to
write the examination without stress.

“All negative speculation of shift, change of schedules etc over the ongoing 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations
(UTME) are from mischief-makers, who are desperate to create confusion before or during the exams, owing to personal and
selfish interests that are detrimental to the development of public examination and
education.

“We thank all Nigerians who supported this drive. We promise that we will continue to
fine-tune the process for the better. From the reports across the federation, there has
not been any major hitch on the ongoing UTME with over 1.7 million registered candidates captured for the examination.”
He advised candidates to check JAMB’s website as well as its official twitter handle for information concerning the conduct of the examination.