JAMB dismisses claim of defying court order on suspension of candidate’s account

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has addressed the recent claims that it defied court order and suspended a candidate’s account. 

Earlier, a law firm filed a suit against Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and the University of Lagos (UNILAG) over alleged irregularities in their recent post-UTME.

The firm sought a probe of the post-UTME conducted by both universities.

Through the house of representatives, the firm asked the two universities to release the withheld results of students accused of examination malpractices.

In the same vein, Alex Onyia, an education activist, claimed he received over 1,000 reports from students who were allegedly affected by a glitch during their post-UTME examination.

The educator also alleged that the OAU director of ICT said some of the candidates were intentionally marked down.

In a recent X post, Onyia alleged that JAMB has suspended the account of one candidate, Monsuroh Aliyah.

The activist described the incident as saddening, claiming the varsities had filed an appeal at the Enugu state federal high court.

“JAMB has suspended the accounts of the students that we raised petition with against UNILAG and OAU,” he wrote.

“The same OAU and UNILAG who claimed to not have received the MOTION EX-PARTE have gone to Enugu State Federal High Court to appeal.

“This is wickedness!”

Reacting in a statement, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s spokesperson, confirmed the suspension of the candidate’s account.

JAMB stated that the suspension was part of its process to obey the court order to “maintain status quo”.

The examination body said maintaining the status quo means that the candidates account will be put on hold.

Benjamin stated that based on the court order, it means the candidate was “no longer a candidate of any of OAU or UNILAG”.

He said the status quo also mean that “nothing should be done either to the detriment or advantage of the candidate and or the two institutions”.

JAMB revealed that there are fraudulent attempts by some people to fix the candidate into one of the two universities. 

“JAMB does not alter nor allow any alteration either by the candidate or any of the two institutions,” the statement added.

The board clarified that a suspension claim “is being mischievously misrepresented due to the default message” that shows on any account that has been restricted.

JAMB claimed those sponsoring the candidate became frustrated after efforts to tamper with the process failed. 

The board concluded that there is “a deliberate misinformation being promoted with the intent of exploiting gullible persons for personal gains and popularity”.