Police Arrest 3 for Fabricating JAMB Admission Letters

The police have arrested three members of a syndicate specializing in falsifying admission letters from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

This was disclosed by Police Force Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Thursday.

According to him, the suspects were arrested for conspiracy, computer-related forgery, and system interference, in violation of sections 8, 13, and 27 of the Cybercrimes Act 2015, as amended.

The suspects are Effa Leonard Mpama, 34; Ibang Ernest Jerome, 38; and Eshiet Odotukana Benson, 38.

They, along with other accomplices, allegedly conspired to access JAMB’s restricted Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) and e-facility illegally. They altered and deleted previous admission letters and input fake details, producing counterfeit admission letters used to gain entry into tertiary institutions and secure mobilization for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program, compromising the JAMB admission process.

The police statement read: “Upon arrest, the suspects revealed their various degrees of involvement in the conspiracy, corroborating the already overwhelming evidence.

“Effa Leonard Mpama and Ibang Ernest Jerome, along with others at large, collected personal details of prospective candidates and forwarded them to Eshiet Odotukana Benson, who obtained CAPS links from individuals named Daniel and Chris. These individuals, still at large, work at JAMB Computer Based Test (CBT) Centres at FAN and UNICAL in Calabar, Cross River State.

“Further digital forensic analysis led to the recovery of four fake domains and websites, and identified two principal actors of a syndicate in Imo State behind their creation and operation.

“The third suspect, Eshiet, who has access to the CAPS links, would go to a CBT centre and use a candidate’s login details to open the JAMB e-facility and superimpose new details to create a fake admission letter.”

Adejobi added that the suspects will be charged in court upon the conclusion of the investigation.