With the raging controversy occassioned by the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result manipulation saga involving the Joint Admissions and
Of the 56 highest scorers in 10 years, 16 students scored between 290-339, while 40 candidates scored between 340-363.Economic Confidential further discovered that only four candidates scored highest marks above 360 in 10 years.
They were Anambra State born Maduafokwa Agnes, who emerged as the best UTME candidate by scoring 365 in 2020. She was followed by an indigene of Borno State, Galadima Zakari, who was the best overall candidate at the 2018 UTME by scoring 364. The third position in 10 years went to another indigene of Anambra State, Master David Okwuchukwu Nwobi, who was second top scoring candidate in 2020 with 363 marks. With 362, Adebayo Eyimofe, an indigene of Ekiti State, who emerged as the candidate with the best UTME score in 2022 was the fourth highest scorer in 10 years.
The Economic Confidential discovered that out of the 56 best candidates, 71% were male students while 29% were female students.
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