The Joint Admission
and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has handed over 180 of this year’s
Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exam (UTME) candidates to police authorities for
prosecution over alleged involvement in examination malpractices.
Fabian Benjamin, the
board’s head of media and information, disclosed this on Tuesday while
addressing journalists in Abuja.
He said 70 percent
of the candidates, who were arrested in centres across the country, have been
arraigned while the rest are being investigated on suspicion of having
committed malpractices.
“They are about 180
candidates. We arrested them all over the country. We are harmonising the list
and following up on it to ensure that all of them are arraigned,” he said.
“Most of them have
been arraigned already, seventy percent of them. When the arraignment is
concluded, we will give a comprehensive report.
“They are all with
the police. So the police will prosecute them. We don’t have prosecuting
powers. When the police start prosecution, they will certainly get across to
us.
“When we get to a
stage that is important for everyone to know, we will let you know. But some of
them have already been arraigned by the police.”
On Saturday, JAMB
had concluded its 2020 exams, after which it temporarily suspended all activities
requiring physical contacts in all its offices and centres over the COVID-19
outbreak.
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