The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released an additional 36,540 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results, which were earlier withheld for further investigation.

This was in addition to the 531 results released last week by JAMB, bringing the total results released to 1,879,437.

The spokesperson for the examination body, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made this known via a statement issued on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.

Benjamin further debunked a report that the 2024 UTME results, currently being subjected to scrutiny by JAMB, had been compromised on account of a cybersecurity breach and that it is considering rescheduling the examination.

He described the report as false, saying the viral letter did not emanate from the Board.

The JAMB spokesman noted: “In fact, a closer look at the letter, which was not signed by any person, lacked every ingredient of a letter from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board.

“The letter is, therefore, from those, who wish to destroy the integrity of the Board, by compromising its unassailable operational processes to mislead hapless candidates with the sole aim of extorting them.

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“The Board reiterated, for the umpteenth time, that the results of its 2024 UTME and other previous years are intact, not in any cloud storage and can, therefore, not be hacked by anybody.

“It is to be recalled that at the release of the 2024 UTME, the Board had announced that some results had been withheld as they were being subjected to further investigation.

“Out of these, 531 results were released recently. Others found to be involved in any examination misconduct are still undergoing investigation as the Board would want to review all the footage of all CCTV cameras placed in all its accredited centres to ascertain the candidate’s culpability or otherwise.

“At the conclusion of this exercise, the Board would publish its findings.”

Benjamin, therefore, urged Nigerians to be wary of misleading information emanating from sources not linked to the Board “be it religious or other sources”.

“The Board would also like to urge religious organisations to stick to their primary roles and not dabble into areas outside their calling as there are reports of some religious organisations making false representation to government at various levels for selfish ends,” he added.

The Star