The JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, stated this in a meeting with journalists in Abuja on Thursday.

He added that apart from the 80 standing trial, a number of candidates with no specific number had been jailed for malpractices in the last two months.

The registrar noted that although the board spent a lot of money on the ongoing prosecution, it was worth it so that the examination system in the country would be sanitised.

Oloyede said, “We believe there is an organised and sponsored campaign against the UTME for whatever reasons. We have no apology for such people who are attacking us.

“The Public Complaints Commission came here a few days ago with a number of UTME cases. We picked them one after the other and we saw that these candidates either had no case or they were fraudsters. We don’t waste our energy on issues of fraudulent candidates, but we have to let the public know so that they will not be misinformed.

“If anyone has any challenge, he should complain through the normal channels. But let the complaint be genuine. If after we have done our scrutiny and we realise that the candidate has been involved in exam malpractice, we will not allow him or her to go scot-free. The law must take its course.”

The candidate was alleged to have engaged the services of some cum men through facebook and whatsapp platforms, having come across an advertisement which read, “Do you want to upgrade your 2019 JAMB results? Is your scores too poor for admission into any of the universities, then contact the following numbers…”

Eche who fell for the trick quickly contacted the numbers and requested that his scores be upgraded from the original 153 to 200 but they later settled for 290.

After transferring some monies to the fraudsters, he then wrote a letter to the JAMB authority informing them that they made a mistake in his scores earlier released and that his main scores was 290.

He also furnished the JAMB office with copies of the forged results, which upon investigation was found to be fake.

The development then compelled the Register and Chief Executive of JAMB to invite the candidate to come for his admission letting at the headquarters where he was apprehended and paraded before newsmen.

It was also alleged that the candidate’s senior secondary school results were also fake as he could hardly communicate in simple sentences during interrogation.

Apart from engaging the services of those that helped him in forging the scores, he was also encouraging other candidates who scored below the cut off marks to upgrade theirs as well in order for them to gain admission.

Details of the transaction and communication with other unsuspecting candidates who were interested in the act were found in his cell phone.

Recall that the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination was marred by malpractices, inspite of measures adopted by JAMB to forestall such practices.

In some instances, a single candidate registered for the examination a record 64 times, a development that led to delays in releasing the results earlier.