Two candidates to the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and a parent have been arrested by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
They are alleged to have falsified the 2026 UTME using Artificial Intelligence and other electronic tools.
The disclosure came on Friday as the board released scores for 632,788 candidates who sat the examination on Thursday, April 16.
JAMB spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin who provided the information in a statement, said the suspects manipulated official SMS result notifications to fabricate or alter scores with the intent to deceive others, including parents and guardians.
Warning that such constituted a serious criminal offence, Benjamin added that the board would pursue all culpable persons to the full extent of the law.
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He also cautioned candidates against tampering with result messages from JAMB’s official SMS platforms, 55019 and 66019.
On possibility of printing out results of Thursday he said official result slips were not yet available but would be enabled at a later date.
The 2026 UTME began on April 16 and is expected to run until April 22 across examination centres nationwide. Results will continue to be released in batches as the exercise progresses.
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