The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disowned the admission of candidates into the Law Faculty of Lead City University, stating that the programme remains under a five-year suspension.
JAMB said the admissions did not pass through the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), the only authorised platform for processing admissions into tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
In a statement issued by the Board’s Public Communications Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB explained that it had received several complaints accusing the agency of negligence over the admission of students into the university’s Law Faculty despite the suspension.
“The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been inundated with accusations of dereliction regarding the purported admission of candidates into the Law Faculty of Lead City University despite its suspension for 5 years,” the statement said.
“The Board unequivocally states that the said admissions were not conducted through the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), the only platform approved for the processing of admissions into tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Consequently, such admissions are void as they are unknown to the Board.
“The institution is not authorised to admit candidates into the programme until the expiration of the suspension.”
The examination body described the development as unfortunate and reiterated its warning to prospective candidates to avoid accepting admission offers that are not processed through CAPS.
“This sad development once again underscores the importance of heeding the Board’s repeated and unequivocal advice to candidates not to accept any offer of admission outside CAPS as admission that is not processed and approved on CAPS is fake,” the statement added.
“Candidates admitted through such irregular means have no legitimate claim as they are considered complicit.”
JAMB further urged candidates who had been offered such admissions to disregard them and register for the next Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in order to seek legitimate admission through the approved process.
“For the umpteenth time, the Board strongly advises prospective candidates, in their own interest, not to accept any admission not processed through CAPS, as the Board will neither recognise nor condone such admissions,” Benjamin said.
“Candidates who have been offered admission outside CAPS are therefore advised to disregard such offers and commence the process of obtaining the next UTME application in order to sit for the examination and pursue legitimate admission through the appropriate channels. Any admission offered outside CAPS is nothing more than an exercise in futility.”
The Board also raised concerns about alleged attempts by some universities to bypass admission rules by transferring improperly admitted students to other institutions through inter-university transfers.
“The Board is aware of certain universities that are circumventing the rules by attempting to transfer illegally admitted candidates to other universities through inter-university transfer. Such would also not work as JAMB will not endorse any such inter-university transfer without initial admission on CAPS. For a transfer to be valid, the candidate must have been validly admitted in the first instance,” the statement added.
JAMB emphasised that it would continue to enforce admission regulations in line with the laws governing the nation’s tertiary education system.
