Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) personnel on Tuesday arrested two persons suspected to be using a cell phone to commit malpractice during the on-going Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Two 2018 JAMB Candidates Arrested

Commandant of NSCDC in FCT, Patrick Uba, announced the arrests of newsmen when he monitored the examinations in Abuja.

Uba said that the suspects were apprehended at Baptist Academy Centre, in Karu where one of the suspects, called Joy, went into the examination centre with a cell phone, which was among the banned items.

Two 2018 JAMB Candidates Arrested



“She concealed the cell phone in her panties, went into the hall undetected and while the exam was going on, she brought it out to use.

“With the CCTV cameras in the hall, live activities are being transmitted and members of JAMB personnel and security on the ground were able to detect what she was doing and arrested her.

“At the point of interrogation, she mentioned one Andrew, her accomplice, whom she said introduced her to the act and was sending her supposed answers to the questions, via the phone.

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