Four persons have been remanded by a Federal High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo state capital for Registration Impersonation and Examination malpractices of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exam in Ondo state.
The affected persons involved in the registration impersonation suspects are Timilehin Akinwale, Olayinka Mustapha and Peter Okereke, while Feranmi Adesuyi was arraigned for examination impersonation.
The charge sheet stated that the first three defendants committed the impersonation act on Feb.15 at Aina Awaw International College, Ilu Abo, Akure, which was a CBT centre for Jamb registration and examination.
While it said that the offense was contrary to section 3(3)(c) of Examination Malpractice Act, Cap E15, LFN, 2004 and punishable under the same section.
Also, Feranmi Adesuyi committed the said offense on April 28 at Amable Nig Ltd CBT Centre in Owo, during the 2023 JAMB examination
The defendants’ counsel, Clement Falana and Austin Agbounghale pleaded that the court should grant the bail of the suspects as it was a bail able offense.
Also, Agbounghale noted that the accused persons cannot be directly pinned down to the offence while pleading for justice on the matter.
The presiding judge, Justice T B Adegoke, ordered the suspects to be remanded at Olokuta Prison and adjourned the case till July 12 for hearing.
