Nigeria, July 12 -- The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is facing criticism after it accused the top scorer in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Chinedu Okeke, of foul play.

Mr Okeke, who applied to study Mechanical Engineering at the University of Lagos, scored 375 out of the 400 maximum marks obtainable in the Computer-Based Test.

JAMB Registrar, Is-haq Oloyede, had suggested foul play as Mr Okeke was already in the board's system as a fourth year student of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).

Mr Oloyede, a professor, said the board wrote to the university which noted Mr Okeke is still a student and was doing fine.

However, social media users have accused the boa...