2018 UTME: Candidates Summon removal of results from JAMB website

- Candidates whose results were withheld by the JAMB are crying foul

- Many of these candidates said they saw their results before the Board took it off its website

- They are demanding the rationale behind the removal of their results

Many candidates who sat for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are displeased with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for removing their results from its website, Vanguard reports.

NAIJ.com notes that the candidates are crying foul, demanding reasons why their earlier results were removed and replaced with “You do not have any result yet” or “you did not write the examination".

Recounting his ordeal, one of the candidate, Max Odinukweze, said: “I had my UTME on March 10, and three days after my examination, I checked and saw my result using my phone. A day later, I went back to check to print it out, I was surprised when I saw the response: 'No Result Yet' and since that time till now, I have not seen my result.”

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Another candidate, Michael O. said: "I took my exam on March 10 and saw my results few days after. But when I checked two days ago, the result was no longer there. I have a feeling my result is among the withheld and I am unsure why. It would be quite unfortunate if I do not see my result again.”

Adeleke Adebola who also wrote the exam said: “I wrote my examination on Monday, March 12, 2018 at Funlearn Mind Builder, Opebi, Ikeja. I have been having issues with getting my result when I log in to JAMB website. It is either saying ‘You Do Not Have Any Result Yet’ or ‘You did not write the examination.’ My registration number is 86578256JF.”

Another candidate, Ochuko, said: “I wrote my exam on March 10. I checked it once and saw it. The following day, I tried to check it again so that I could print it out but it showed me ‘No result yet.’ I don’t understand what is going on. Please I need explanation.”

A student from Port Harcourt said: “After passing through hell while writing the 2017 UTME in an unconducive environment, coupled with server problem, some of us could not write the day we were given. After waiting till odd hours in the night, we came another day to sit for the exam. Some of us who were supposed to write by 1:30pm wrote by 8:00pm, still the exam was cancelled in our centre.

"My parents spent about N20,000 just for me to sit for the UTME so I could gain admission into tertiary institution. The government should please see to this and intervene. My UTME registration number is: 75246492ii."



Meanwhile, CodedExam.Com.Ng  previously reported that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) released a statement on Tuesday, March 20, announcing that it had released 1,502,978 results, but withheld 111,981, for ‘further screening’.

The statement read: “After viewing all CCTV footages during the conduct of the 2018 UTME and considering reports from our supervisors, monitors and other independent Nigerians, JAMB has released the results of 1,502,978 candidates.