The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Special Committee on Examination Infractions (SCEIi) has submitted its findings, revealing alarming levels of technology-aided malpractice threatening Nigeria’s admission system.
Presenting the report in Abuja to JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the committee’s chairman, Jake Epelle, disclosed that investigators uncovered 4,251 cases of “finger blending” and 192 instances of AI-enabled impersonation through image morphing during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The panel also documented 1,878 false disability claims, forged documents, multiple NIN registrations, and collusion between candidates and syndicates.
Inaugurated on August 18, the committee was tasked with probing the surge in malpractice, assessing JAMB’s systems, and recommending solutions.
Epelle lamented that examination fraud has become highly organised, technologically sophisticated, and disturbingly normalized, with parents, schools, tutorial centres, and some CBT operators actively complicit. He further noted that weak legal frameworks hinder enforcement.
To tackle the menace, the committee urged JAMB to adopt AI-driven biometric anomaly detection tools, real-time monitoring systems, and a central Examination Security Operations Centre.
