The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has dismissed as fake a widely circulated result slip purporting to show a candidate from Cross River State scored 394 in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The result, shared by a social media user, claimed the female candidate, Okon Winniefred Sampson, scored 394 out of 400 with 96 in Use of English, 99 in Biology, 98 in Chemistry, and 99 in Physics.
Reacting in a statement issued on Sunday, the Board’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, described the result as fake and urged the public to disregard it.
“A purported result slip currently being circulated, claiming that a candidate scored 394 in the 2026 UTME, is entirely fake. It is surprising that such a fabrication is being shared by otherwise well-informed Nigerians,” the statement said.
Benjamin explained that UTME results are strictly view-only and not designed for circulation in printed or shared templates, adding that the circulated document appears on a fabricated result template.
He further noted that the registration number on the fake slip does not conform to JAMB’s system-generated numbering format, as Board registration numbers are system-generated and do not follow the pattern seen on the fake slip.
The Board advised the public to rely only on official communication channels for authentic information on examination results, stressing that all UTME results remain view-only at present.
“The public is strongly advised to disregard this fake result and rely only on official channels for accurate information. All results at the moment are view-only,” Benjamin stated.
