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21 Years After: Candidate begs JAMB for forgiveness over exam malpractice

A repentant candidate named Mr. Timipade Kemepade has written to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) asking for forgiveness owing to his involvement in examination malpractice in the course of obtaining the result of the UME (as UTME was known then).

The repentant candidate sat for the UME 21 years ago.

Kemepade blamed youthful exuberance for his misconduct.

His plea was contained in a letter addressed to JAMB titled: Restitution on my JAMB Result 21 Years Ago.”

The letter read in part: “With regret and sincere apology to JAMB, I, Timipade Kemepade, with Certificate No. 33208803GA confess that I participated in examination malpractice 21 years ago while sitting my JAMB examination.

“I, therefore, seek the forgiveness of JAMB. I sincerely regret my youthful exuberance.”

However, the Board, in its reply to Mr. Kemepade, stated that the apology and consequent admission of guilt are “rejected in their entirety and are, therefore, not admissible.”

Consequently, Kemepade was informed by the Board that the only condition for accepting his apology is his willingness to forfeit all the certificates he had fraudulently acquired with the result of the University Matriculation Examination.

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