JAMB: Candidates who bought fake UTME questions for N200,000 have already failed – Registrar

Registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB Professor Ishaq Oloyede has warned that candidates who bought fake question papers from fraudsters have already failed.

Oloye issued the warning while reacting to reports that some some intending candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, conducted by JAMB are using as much as N200, 000 to purchase fake question papers.

Speaking in Abuja, Oloyede warned the candidates to desist from buying fake question papers fraudsters in a bid to obtain high marks in the exam.

Reports have shown that some unsuspecting but gullible candidates writing have and may still be buying fake question papers, thinking they are authentic ones.

The JAMB Registrar insisted that such candidates have already failed because the fraudsters take past questions, change the dates and then proceed to sell to unsuspecting candidates.

According to Oloyede, “Some of the fraudulent persons simply take past question papers and redesign them by changing the date and then sell same to gullible candidates, who might not have prepared well for the examination.

“This morning, somebody sent me questions. They call it Orijo and he bought it for N200,000 and when I saw it, it was our questions in 1984 and he just put 2017 on it and started selling it and people are buying it.

“So, if people are corrupt, I won’t have any sympathy if they are duped by corrupt people like themselves. They are just being wise. They went into the past questions of JAMB and just changed the heading.

“Somebody else called me and said he had all my questions. I asked him to send them to me and when I checked, I just laughed because none of that was in our questions. What people are just doing, they are making money because people are gullible.

“We appeal to people to do things according to the rules. No cutting of corners will work with JAMB and that is why many of the candidates who fell for such blackmail are disappointed.”