JAMB breaks silence on rumours of posting candidates outside the chosen exam Town.
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has debunked rumours suggesting that it posts candidates to exam centers outside the towns they selected.
In a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, JAMB’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, clarified that candidates are always assigned to centers within their chosen towns based on available Computer-Based Test (CBT) facilities.
According to the statement shared on JAMB’s website on X, Benjamin emphasized that the Board prioritizes candidates’ convenience, ensuring that their examination locations align with their preferences among listed options. He stressed that candidates retain the right to choose their exam towns, and JAMB strictly adheres to those choices when making center assignments.
“It is our firm belief that some parents are continually being deceived, misled, and defrauded by their wards and some secondary school proprietors who perpetuate this falsehood.
“Let it be unequivocally clear: at the time of registration, candidates have the right to select their preferred examination town. JAMB subsequently assigns them to a centre within the selected town. “The baseless claim that candidates are posted to towns different from their choices is erroneous, malicious, and aimed solely at tarnishing the Board’s reputation. It does not happen. “The Board therefore challenges this false yet popular narrative by offering a handsome financial reward to anyone who can provide authentic proof of even one candidate who has been posted outside their chosen town,” he said.
Benjamin added that, to ensure transparency and to avoid “being a judge in one’s own case”, such proof should, within the next 96 hours, be sent to the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission WhatsApp number: 08056003030.
It was reported that JAMB arrested 27 impersonators during the 2025 UTME and handed them over to the police for prosecution. The board also delisted four CBT centers over technical failures, urging affected candidates to reprint their exam slips for new venues and dates.
Meanwhile, JAMB addressed and apologized for a hijab-related incident at Caleb University, blaming an overzealous security officer.
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