There were so many cases of UTME forgery in 2019 that JAMB constituted a panel to probe cases of what many called ‘double results’.
that the candidate saved his sister’s phone number with 55019 –the shortcode that automatically sends UTME results to candidates’ phone numbers when requested. The candidate later confessed and pleaded for mercy. However, JAMB handed him to the police for investigation.
In the same year, JAMB accused another candidate, Cletus Kokowa, of inflating his result from 162 to 206 after paying the sum of N10,000 to a syndicate.
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