By Joshua Tosin Ogunsakin 
Data released by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board during its 2025 policy meeting on Tuesday revealed that Computer-Based Test centres in Imo and Anambra states topped the list of centres busted for finger pairing malpractices.
In total, about 19 centres were busted nationwide, with Anambra having six; Imo with four; Abia with one, Edo with one; Kano with two centres; Ebonyi, Delta, Kaduna, Rivers and Enugu with one centre each.
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, made this known in his presentation during a meeting held with vice-chancellors, rectors, and provosts, among other stakeholders in Abuja, on Tuesday.
He mentioned other shady practices, including impersonators making use of albinos for the purpose of image-bending, and remote uploads.
Meanwhile, the police have arraigned two persons before the Federal High Court in Katsina for alleged impersonation and examination malpractice.
The police prosecutor, Abdussalam Danmaidaki, said the defendants, Bolanwu Emmanuel and Ibrahim Abdulaziz, committed the offence on April 30 at Zee Alpha International School, Funtua.
Danmaidaki said Emmanuel invited Abdulaziz into the exam hall to impersonate him and sit the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on his behalf with registration number: 2025515278JA.
The prosecutor said that the offence was punishable under sections 4(2)(a) and (b), and 4(3)(c) of the Examination Malpractice Act, Cap E15, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
He also said that Abdulaziz, unlawfully and fraudulently presented himself as a UTME candidate and wrote the said exam under the same name of Emmanuel with registration number: 2025515278JA.
He said that the offence was punishable under sections 3(1)(a) and (b), and 3(2)(c) of the Examination Malpractice Act, Cap E15, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor prayed that the court allow time for him to present witnesses.
The presiding judge, Justice Hussaini Dadan-Garba, adjourned the case to July 18 for trial and presentation of witnesses by the prosecution.