Legal Suit: JAMB In Trouble Over Massive Candidates’ Failure

A legal suit may be the outcome, if the Joint Admission and Matriculation Examination (JAMB) does no review its last examination.

The University of Nigeria (UNN) Nsukka branch of the union, of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), made the legal suit threat through its chairman, Comrade Óyibo Eze.

Eze said the massive failure, which mostly affected candidates from the South East, was a deliberate attempt by JAMB to stop children from the zone from getting admission into tertiary education.

According to him, ASUU had received numerous complaints and petitions from parents and members of the public who believe the UTME outcome was manipulated against candidates from the region.

He warned that unless JAMB takes immediate steps to review the results and ensure transparency, ASUU would institute a legal suit..

“My office has been overwhelmed with protests, phone calls, and visits from concerned parents over this deliberate failure.

“ASUU is ready to challenge the outcome in court if JAMB does not correct this injustice. Everyone knows that students from the South-East are often expected to score significantly higher to gain admission, while others are admitted with far lower scores—even into competitive courses like Medicine.”

On the over 1.5 million of the 1.95 million candidates who sat for the exam scoring below 200, the ASUU chairman held that a large number of those affected were from the South-East and Lagos State, which has a high population of Igbo residents.

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He expressed particular concern over the case of the University Secondary School, Nsukka, where none of the candidates reportedly scored up to 200—a situation he described as “unbelievable and unacceptable.”

“This school has some of the best students academically. Even if a few were involved in malpractice, that is not enough reason to punish everyone,” he added.

Dr. Eze called on governors from the South-East to speak out and challenge what he described as “an academic injustice.” While emphasizing that ASUU does not condone examination malpractice, he urged JAMB to handle such issues with fairness rather than sweeping punitive measures.

He concluded by urging JAMB to urgently review the 2025 UTME results, warning that continued silence may spark national outrage or protests.