JAMB dismisses Cross River candidate’s 394 UTME result as fake, warns public
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has dismissed as fake a widely circulated result slip purportedly showing a candidate from Cross River State scoring 394 in the 2026 Unified
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has dismissed as fake a widely circulated result slip purportedly showing a candidate from Cross River State scoring 394 in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The result, shared on social media platform X by user @Onsogbu, claimed that the candidate, Okon Winniefred Sampson, scored 394 out of 400, with near-perfect marks across subjects: 96 in Use of English, 99 in Biology, 98 in Chemistry and 99 in Physics.
Reacting in a statement on Sunday, JAMB spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, described the result as fabricated and urged the public to disregard it in its entirety.
He said, “A purported result slip currently being circulated, claiming that a candidate scored 394 in the 2026 UTME, is entirely fake. It is surprising that such a fabrication is being shared by otherwise well-informed Nigerians.”
Benjamin explained that UTME results are strictly view-only and not designed for printing or circulation in template form, adding that the document in question clearly deviates from JAMB’s official format.
“Firstly, the Board has clearly stated that UTME results are view-only. The circulated document appears on a fabricated result template, which on its own is sufficient indication that it is not authentic,” he said.
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He further noted that the registration number on the fake result does not match JAMB’s system-generated format.
“Secondly, the Board’s registration numbers are system-generated and do not follow the pattern ‘20269’ as seen on the fake slip. There are several other inconsistencies that, even at a glance, expose the result as fraudulent,” he added.
The Board urged the public to rely strictly on official communication channels for verified examination updates, stressing that all UTME results remain view-only for now.
“The public is strongly advised to disregard this fake result and rely only on official channels for accurate information. All results at the moment are view-only,” Benjamin stated.
