“It was a combination of human error and technology. We are sincerely sorry,” JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said on Wednesday.
Prof Oloyede while admitting to error announced that about 379,997 candidates in the just concluded 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would retake the examination.
Oloyede, stated this at a press conference in Abuja.
According to him, while 206,610 candidates in Lagos are to retake the exam, 173,387 candidates are to rewrite it in the Southeast states of Imo, Abia, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Anambra.
This followed widespread complaints of technical glitches, unusually low scores, and alleged irregularities in the just-concluded UTME.
Prof. Oloyede, who wept profusely, intermittently wiping his face with a handkerchief, said he took full responsibility for the negligence of his staff, revealing that 65 centres in Lagos and 92 centres in the Owerri Zone covering the five states in the Southeast would rewrite the exam.
