By Abiola Olawale
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially announced the release of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) resit results, providing relief to thousands of candidates affected by technical glitches during the initial examination.
This comes after JAMB conducted the resit for candidates impacted by disruptions at various test centres at the initial 2025 UTME exams.
In a statement issued on Sunday by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, the board confirmed that out of the 336,845 candidates who were rescheduled for the examination, a significant 21,082 candidates were absent.
Benjamin, in the statement also disclosed that the Board had identified cases of examination malpractice, leading to the withdrawal of results for over 3,000 candidates found to have engaged in fraudulent activities.
JAMB expressed concern over the involvement of undergraduate students from tertiary institutions in orchestrating these illicit schemes, further complicating efforts to maintain exam integrity.
The statement reads in part: “Over three thousand candidates nationwide have been identified as either accomplices or beneficiaries of this extraordinary examination fraud. As the investigation progresses, all candidates implicated in these unwholesome activities will have their results withdrawn as soon as incontrovertible proofs are established, even if the results have been released.
“Misleading questions posed by certain individuals regarding candidates who allegedly scored highly in the cancelled sessions and might desire to retain their previous results are totally unfounded. Only a handful of candidates scored up to 217 in the affected sessions, while 99% scored below 200 marks—indicating that there were no high scorers in the cancelled sessions of the affected six states.”
JAMB said it believes that all results are now released, except for those belonging to candidates involved in examination infractions and those scheduled for mop-up examinations.
Additionally, the board emphasized that recent discoveries by security agencies have necessitated the withdrawal of previously released results for implicated candidates.
Candidates with valid results are not required to recheck their scores, as those affected by withdrawals are being notified through text messages, their registered profiles, and emails.
