The operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have arrested three suspects over alleged connection with the proliferation of various fake websites for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board registration and the falsification of fake JAMB admission letters.

The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, June 13, 2024.

Adejobi identified the suspects as Effa Leonard Mpama, Ibang Ernest Jerome, and Eshiet Odotukana Benson, all male ages 34, 38, and 38, respectively.

He said the suspects belong to a syndicate who intentionally and knowingly conspired and procured amongst themselves services that enabled them to illegally access JAMB restricted Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) and e-facility.

He stated that the arrested suspects altered and deleted other candidates’ previous admission letters and inputted fake details resulting in inauthentic admission letters which were acted upon as genuine to secure admissions into tertiary institutions and mobilisation for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme.

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The police spokesperson noted that the suspects, after their arrest, revealed their various degrees of involvement in the conspiracy, corroborating the already available evidence.

Adejobi added: “The duo of Effa Leonard Mpama and Ibang Ernest Jerome and others at large collect personal details of the prospective candidates and forward same to Mr Eshiet Odotukana Benson who gets CAPS links from Daniel and Chris; Messrs. Daniel and Chris still at large are working in the JAMB Computer Based Test (CBT) Centres domiciled in FAN and UNICAL respectively in Calabar, Cross River State.

“Digital Forensic analysis led to the recovery of four fake domains, website and two principal threat actors of a syndicate in Imọ State behind the creation of the fake domains, and other associated websites operated by them.

“Similarly, the third suspect, Mr Eshiet, who has access to the CAPS links unlike the duo above, proceeds to any CBT centre and opens the jamb e-facility with a login detail of a candidate with previous admission and thereafter superimposes the new details collected to create a fake admission letter.”

He said the suspects will be charged to court upon the conclusion of the investigation.

The Star