Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has raised concerns about the authenticity of the result of Chinedu Okeke, the top scorer in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Okeke scored 375, the highest score in the examination, and applied for Mechanical Engineering at the University of Lagos.
According to JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, investigations revealed that Okeke was already admitted to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), in the School of Medicine.
Oloyede said, “We wrote UNN for clarification about the student, and the institution revealed that Okeke was admitted a year ago, and was doing fine.”
JAMB’s Public Communications Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said the board suspected foul play, adding that Okeke’s records showed inconsistencies.
“The law does not allow a student to matriculate twice, and as an undergraduate, he has an advantage over the other candidates in the examinations,” Benjamin said.
“We are suspecting that he is a mercenary in the examination.”
The board also announced other top scorers, including John Ayuba from Gombe state, who scored 374, and Olayinka Jimoh from Kwara state, who scored 373. Other top scorers include Ayibo Roberts from Rivers, Chibueze Omonugbo from Enugu state, Tunmise Olawepo from Kwara, and Leslie Afinotan from Delta, all scoring 373.
