Abducted passengers not UTME candidates – JAMB clarifies

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has clarified that the 7 persons abducted portion travelling from Makurdi to Otukpo were not candidates for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

In a connection issued by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, the Board confirmed that each 7 victims person been rescued by information agencies.

The clarification follows earlier reports that wrongly identified them arsenic students heading to beryllium for the UTME.

JAMB explained that the victims were really participants successful an ongoing constabulary recruitment workout successful Makurdi and were returning to Otukpo astatine the clip of the incident.

“This improvement brings immense relief, arsenic the thought of these individuals remaining successful the custody of their captors was profoundly distressing,” the connection read, portion besides expressing anticipation for the rescue of immoderate remaining victims.

The Board criticised the dispersed of misinformation linking the incidental to its introspection schedule, describing specified claims arsenic premature and unfounded.

It noted that “none of the victims were UTME candidates,” and stressed that the communicative lacked credibility from the outset.

JAMB further stated that “it is regrettable” that institutions are often blamed without due ve...