A Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, has sentenced ‘Professor’ Jide Josiah Jisos to six months in prison for impersonation during the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The sentence was handed down by Chief Magistrate Honourable Justice Folashade Oyekan on October 24, 2024.

Jisos was apprehended by officials from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) while monitoring the UTME at Brix Academy in Abuja.

According to a statement from JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, Jisos falsely presented himself as a representative of a non-governmental organization (NGO) with the intention of overseeing the examination.

His ruse was exposed when he was questioned by the leader of the monitoring team, who sought clarification about his presence. 

Unable to provide satisfactory answers, Jisos was arrested and handed over to security personnel for further investigation.

During interrogation, Jisos admitted that he had no affiliation with any NGO and had entered the examination hall to assist his daughter in taking the UTME.

In addition to the six-month prison sentence, he was given the option to pay a fine of N100,000.

This case underscores JAMB’s ongoing efforts to maintain the integrity of the examination process and discourage fraudulent activities associated with academic assessments in Nigeria.