The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has “suspected” foul play in the results of the best candidate in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Chinedu Okeke.
The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known at the 2025 policy meeting of the board in Abuja on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
Oloyede announced that Okeke, an indigene of Anambra State, emerged as the best candidate in the 2025 UTME with 375 score.
Oloyede, however, said JAMB made some discoveries regarding Okeke, who applied for Mechanical Engineering at the University of Lagos (UNILAG).
He stated that data from JAMB revealed that Okeke was admitted a year ago to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), in the School of Medicine.
He said JAMB wrote to UNN for clarification about the candidate, and the school revealed that Okeke is a student of the institution, and he is doing fine.
Speaking on the development, JAMB spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said the board suspected foul play.
Benjamin said: “The law does not allow a student to matriculate twice, and as an undergraduate, he has an advantage over the other candidates in the examination.
JAMB adopts 150, 100 as cut-off marks for varsity, poly admissions
“In his records, he claimed he is from the South-East, while the other record reads that he is from Lagos State.
“We are suspecting that he is a mercenary in the examination.”
JAMB also announced that John Ayuba from Gombe State came second in the 2025 UTME, scoring 374, while Olayinka Jimoh from Kwara State scored 373.
Other top scorers are Ayibo Roberts from Rivers State, Chibueze Ononugbo from Enugu State, Tunmise Olawepo from Kwara State, and Leslie Afinotan from Delta State, all scoring 373.
Also in the list of top scorers are Chukwuemeka Azoyenime from Delta State, Emmanuel Oyebode from Ogun State, and Cecil Omigie from Edo State, all scoring 372 in the examination.
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