The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will clampdown on some cybercafes and tutorial centres alleged to have specialised in defrauding unsuspecting candidates during registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The Board noted with dismay, the unwholesome activities of fraudulent operators of cybercafes, tutorial centres and other entities, which have formed the habit of deceiving helpless candidates through the use of the Board’s logo and name to defraud intending candidates
The Registrar of JAMB, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, spoke in Ilorin, Kwara State, during the weekend while handing over some operators of cybercafes, tutorial centres and other such operators to security agents.
These were made known in a statement signed and made available to journalists in Abuja by the Head, Public Affairs and Protocols of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin.
The Jamb Registrar noted that the stock-in-trade of these “unscrupulous elements” was to lure innocent candidates to part with their money under the deceptive guise of registering them for the 2021/22 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) application documents.
According to Prof Oloyede, “it is a criminal offence for one to use the Board’s name and logo when one is not licensed by the Board to do so for any reason,”
The Registrar, during the engagement, warned that the Board would no longer tolerate the antics of such platforms, which, he said, are used as incubators for grooming examination infractors who use the name and logo of the Board to lend credence to their unwholesome activities.
” anybody not licensed by the Board to register candidates and who goes ahead to print banners advertising the Board’s services would be arrested and prosecuted”
The Registrar further disclosed that henceforth, the Board and the various security agencies would be combing the streets across the country to ensure such activities of fraudulent elements are curtailed.
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