Nigeria, April 17 -- Thousands of candidates who sat for this year's Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would have their results withheld for engaging in examination malpractices.

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Ishaq Oloyede, a professor, stated this in Lagos on Tuesday during the arrest of two children of the owner of a computer-based test (CBT) centre, who confessed to selling fake UTME questions and answers to unsuspecting persons.

The centre- Risk Global Company Limited, which is located on 300, Ikorodu Road, Anthony Village, is owned by a former banker, Emeka Ukpai.

The suspects, Godswill Ukpai and David Ukpai, are his first and second son respectively. They confessed to taking...