The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reported discovering 585 counterfeit A-Level certificates during the first quarter of 2025.
Professor Is-haq Oloyede, the board’s registrar, shared the information during a virtual meeting with JAMB staff on April 2.
The meeting focused on preparations for the upcoming 2025 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the main UTME.
Oloyede revealed that, out of the 585 forged certificates, 13 were linked to the Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB).
He explained that the professional registration centres (PRCs) responsible for submitting these fake results are currently under investigation.
To date, four suspects have been arrested in connection with the 13 forged IJMB certificates. Oloyede emphasized that these fraudulent certificates highlighted the need for the Nigeria Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System (NIPED), a platform designed to monitor and manage post-secondary education data in the country.
The registrar also indicated that some higher education institutions might have internal collaborators aiding the fraud syndicates. He assured that the board is collaborating with law enforcement and other relevant authorities to track down the perpetrators.
In 2023, JAMB had uncovered 1,665 fraudulent A-Level results during the Direct Entry (DE) registration process. The board noted that NIPED had detected several instances of forged documents, including 13 more fake A-Level certificates recently identified.
Some institutions had already used these fraudulent certificates to admit students before the forgeries were discovered.
JAMB has urged its staff to remain focused and uphold the integrity of the board’s operations.