- The anticipation of Olasola Jamiu, a pupil of the Federal University of Technology (FUTA), of going for the one-year mandatory NYSC was dashed arsenic JAMB flagged his admittance arsenic fake aft 7 years
- Jamiu has cried retired to Nigerians for assistance arsenic helium narrated successful an interrogation however helium discovered JAMB invalidated his assemblage admittance 7 years aft enrollment
- Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s spokesperson, has released a connection successful effect to Olasola Jamiu's outcry and claims
Legit.ng writer Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering governmental parties and movements.
Olasola Jamiu, a pupil of the Federal University of Technology (FUTA), has accused the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) of flagging his admittance arsenic fake aft 7 years.

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How Jamiu discovered JAMB flagged his admission
Jamiu claimed helium was admitted into FUTA successful 2018 aft a palmy Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) successful 2017.
As reported by The Cable, Jamiu said helium discovered that his admittance was fake aft graduation successful 2024.
Jamiu said the concern denied him the accidental to spell for the National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC) aft the schoolhouse said “the portal rejected my details”.
The pupil claimed each efforts to rectify the concern was unsuccessful, including an probe by the police, and a probe by the absorption of FUTA.
“After my last clearance, I was expected to beryllium deployed by NYSC. However, the students affairs bureau informed maine that the portal rejected my details. I was asked to verify my details connected the JAMB matriculation database which indicated fake admission,” helium said.
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Jamiu submitted himself to the police, DSS
Speaking further, Jamiu disclosed that officials astatine the JAMB bureau suggested helium beryllium handed implicit to the Department of State Services (DSS) for further questioning.
He was subsequently detained by DSS and constabulary authorities for respective hours earlier being released aft a friend’s intervention.
“After each failed attempt, my lone enactment was to taxable myself to the DSS, hoping that this volition fast-track the resolution.“So acold thing appears to beryllium working. I consciousness incapacitated. I plead for assistance from each Nigerians.”‘Institution should combat not the candidate’ - JAMB
Reacting to the matter, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s spokesperson, said the committee precocious deleted immoderate candidates with fake admissions from its system.
Benjamin, successful an interrogation with The Cable, clarified that if determination are discrepancies successful admission, it is lone the acrophobic instauration that should rise objection and not the student.
He added that successful a lawsuit wherever the students is starring the fight, “then determination is thing incorrect somewhere”.
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JAMB: New universities UTME candidates tin take
In different development, Legit.ng earlier reported that JAMB announced admission process into recently established universities.
The introspection committee said determination are caller universities crossed the state that UTME candidates tin use to for admission.
JAMB registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, gave a breakdown of the admittance process to the recently etablished universities.
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