The results of the mop-up exam, which took place on Saturday, June 28, 2025, have been made public by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The results of 11,161 of the 96,838 candidates who were slated to participate in the mop-up exercise have been made public.
“Candidates who are unable to access their result have been found to have not 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,” noted Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s spokesperson.
The Board provided an update on a syndicate of phony admission letters, recalling that a thorough investigation was initiated after a joint press conference between the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board and the PPRO of the Nigeria Police Force was held on April 13, 2024.
According to the Board, the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) helped the police capture the five scammers who admitted to creating the phony admissions letters. They are now being tried at the Federal High Court in Abuja in the case of Inspector General of Police vs. Effa Leonard and four (4) other defendants.
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A total of 17,417 individuals were identified as beneficiaries after the syndicate’s admission.
10,514 applicants were referred to their local designated police investigation offices, whereas 6,903 candidates who were asked to correct minor irregularities were cleared between 2024 and May 2025, when the Board filed an update to the Federal Ministry of Education. In addition to 4,832 candidates whose admission was later concealed from JAMB and who were being processed for condonement by their confessing institutions under a ministerial waiver (2017-2020), 5,669 of the 10,514 candidates were found to have outright purchased forged letters. These candidates impatiently engaged the syndicate to circumvent the procedure.
The Board issued a warning that any candidate who was discovered to have used or asked for help from exam and certificate fraudsters or who had strayed from established protocols for registration, examination, or admission would continue to be subject to repercussions, including prosecution under the Examination Malpractices Act, which stipulates suitable penalties even for minors and their responsible parents, guardians, or mentors.
