The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) chapter, has threatened to take legal action against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) over the widespread failure recorded in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Speaking to journalists in Nsukka on Wednesday, the branch chairman, Dr. Óyibo Eze, alleged that the failure was not accidental but a deliberate move targeting candidates, especially those from the South East.
“My office has been inundated with protests, calls, and visits from parents and the general public about this deliberate massive failure in the 2025 JAMB examination,” Eze said.
“ASUU will challenge this result in the High Court if JAMB fails to review the result and give candidates their merited scores.”
“JAMB knows that children from the South East must score higher before they can get admission, whereas their counterparts in some parts of the country can use a score of 120 to gain admission to study medicine in universities in their area.”
In the recently released JAMB results, out of the 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the 2025 examination, over 1.5 million scored less than 200, with the majority from the South East and Lagos State, where many Igbos reside.
Eze also expressed disbelief that not a single candidate from the University Secondary School in Nsukka scored above 200 in the UTME.
“How is it possible that high-performing students from such a reputable institution all scored below 200?” he questioned.
Eze further urged governors from the South East to intervene and resist what he called an academic injustice.
“The governors in the zone should not sit by and watch JAMB toy with the academic futures of our children,” he said.
“I am not against the board punishing those found guilty of exam malpractice, but JAMB should not, because of a few candidates, fail the entire group from an exam centre.”
“This school has superlative students who have excelled academically both inside and outside the classroom. How come all of them scored less than 200 in the exam?” he asked.
“Even if JAMB discovered one or two candidates for exam malpractice, is that enough reason to fail all the others who have prepared so hard for the exam?,” Eze added.
ASUU has called on JAMB to review the results and ensure deserving candidates are awarded their correct scores.
