JAMB arrests 4 agent for fraud
Four agents of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) who sold the ePINS for the continuing 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)/Direct Entry (DE) registrations above the stipulated quantity, have been arrested by using the examination body.
The suspects who have additionally been suspended were identified as Abdulrazak Adiza, Mathew Joe, Obekee Godday and Inyang Patrick.
JAMB’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin who confirmed the arrest said the price of the ePINs is N3500 whilst that of the reading text is N500. He averred that any outlet caught promoting the ePINS better than the prescribed amount could be sanctioned immediately.
Benjamin stated;
”It has come to the information of the Board that marketers of positive registered sale retailers are merchandising the JAMB Registration ePINs at a cost higher than the prescribed rate.
“On Wednesday, January 15, 2020, one Amodu Friday was apprehended merchandising the ePINs above the regulated fee. Investigations additionally revealed that he was honestly issuing receipts masking the regulated rate however collecting higher. This is a clear instance of criminality.”