Three cyber c cafe operators have been arrested by the Bayelsa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), on Monday, for selling JAMB UTME 2020 forms above the approved N4,700.
“cyber crime, We deployed personnel on surveillance and so far, three cybercafé operators involved in the syndicate charging students N6,000 and above for the purchase of the form are in our custody being interrogated before prosecution,” Abiakam-Omanu said.
Speaking on the development, Mrs Beatrice Ette-Nyiam, Bayelsa Coordinator, JAMB, said the board was worried that in spite of efforts by the Federal Government to make the examinations affordable people still exploits prospective candidates.
Ette-Nyiam said that the board received complaints from candidates that the 2020 UTME PINs were being sold for as much as N6,500 per candidate at cybercafés who were not permitted to sell JAMB PINs.
“The board does not have any dealing with cybercafés, we have accredited entities that generate and vend 2020 JAMB PINs and we suspect that the cybercafés are in collusion with them.
“We shall ensure that any of the approved PIN vendors involved in the illegal increase of the PINs would be sanctioned according to JAMB regulations and their approval revoked.
“The official cost of the 2020 UTME PIN is N3,500, Reading Text N500 and Service fee of N700 for the Computer Based Test, anything more than this is not acceptable to JAMB,” Ette-Nyiam said.
It will be recall that the Federal Government had in November 2018 slashed the UTME PIN cost from N5,000 to N3,500 reducing total fees payable to N4,700 to ease the burden on parents.
