From Fred Ezeh, Abuja
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has announced the release of additional results of 531 candidates out of 64,000 that participated in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
This has brought the number of UTME results released by JAMB to 1,842,897.
JAMB spokesman, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in a statement, on Tuesday, explained the results was not released alongside others last week because they were being scrutinized for some alleged malpractices.
Dr. Fabian added that in the cause of their screening exercise, other cases of examination misconduct were also established to make a tally of 92 from the 81 initially discovered.
Meanwhile, the JAMB spokesman, in the statement said the attention of JAMB has been drawn to some fallacious publications purporting that an unknown candidate who did not sit the 2024 UTME, obtained scores.
He said: “This is fake, malicious and a calculated attempt to undermine the integrity of the Board, hence we urge the public to disregard such irresponsible publications.
“To underscore the fact that the publication was crafted by mischief makers to paint the Board in bad light, the publication, which levels such an allegation has no details of the candidate for proper verification.
“So, the Board is not surprised as this is the season of mischief makers, who would want to deceive gullible candidates. The examination template of the Board is designed with the highest sense of responsibility and is not an allocation platform where scores are doled out to candidates.
“It is most unfortunate that anybody could even believe such narration or that the story could even gain traction given the Board’s integrity. This again has gone to further vindicate the Board’s stance that candidates should desist from disclosing their classified details to third-parties,” it said.
He appealed to candidates to securely keep their details (registration information) for if they are found associating with any of the mischievous elements, they would be treated as collaborators.
He maintained that, for now, the only method of checking the 2024 UTME remains sending UTMERESULT to 55019 or 66019 and not through any other process, adding that the result, at the moment, is not on the Board’s website.