JAMB warns candidates against patronising fraudsters

By Tina Omoregie

The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB), has warned candidates against  patronising fraudsters.

The Registrar, JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this in Ilorin, Kwara State, recently while handing over some illegal operators of cybercafes, tutorial centres to security agents.

“The stock-in-trade of these unscrupulous elements is to lure innocent candidates to part with their money under the deceptive guise of registering them for the 2021/22 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) application documents.

“It is a criminal offence for one to use the Board’s name and logo when one is not licensed by the Board to do so for any reason,” he said.

The Registrar, during the event, warned that the Board would no longer tolerate the antics of such platforms, which, he said, are used as incubators for grooming examination infractors who use the name and logo of the Board to lend credence to their unwholesome activities.

According to him, anybody not licensed by the Board to register candidates and who goes ahead to print banners advertising the Board’s services would be arrested and prosecuted.

The Registrar warned that, henceforth, the Board and the various security agencies would be combing the streets across the country to ensure that the untoward activities of fraudulent elements are curtailed.