THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been confronted with shocking revelations from its Special Committee on Examination Infractions (SCEIi), which exposed the extent to which technology is being deployed to undermine Nigeria’s admission process.
Presenting its report in Abuja to the Registrar of the Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, Chairman of the Committee, Jake Epelle, disclosed that the panel uncovered 4,251 cases of “finger blending” and 192 instances of artificial intelligence-assisted impersonation through image morphing during investigations into the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The committee also documented 1,878 false disability claims, cases of forged credentials, multiple national identification number (NIN) registrations, and collusion between candidates and examination syndicates.
Inaugurated on August 18, the panel was tasked with probing the rise in infractions, reviewing JAMB’s systems, and recommending urgent reforms.
Epelle described the trend as “highly organised, technology-driven, and dangerously normalised,” noting that parents, tutorial centres, schools, and even some CBT operators were complicit in the fraud. He added that weak legal frameworks have further hindered enforcement efforts.
To combat the menace, the committee recommended that JAMB deploy AI-powered biometric anomaly detection tools, establish real-time monitoring systems, and set up a central Examination Security Operations Centre.
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