Many students seeking into the nation’s tertiary institution and their parents on Tuesday stormed the Lagos State Governor’s Office in Alausa, Ikeja, and the State Assembly Complex to protest against alleged manipulation of the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The protesters demanded the removal of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde and also demanded the cancellation of the exams.
There were so many different protesters with different problems like those who faulted the conduct of the examination, described the exercise as a “big sham”. While some candidates complained that they deliberately lowered their scores and they claimed that marks were arbitrarily awarded to so many candidates.
The protesters, made some unpleasant comments about the register Dibu, saying’ Dibu must go’
The protesters, who occupied the gate of the Lagos State House of Assembly complex for many hours, said JAMB and its registrar had “lost focus on how to conduct a successful Computer-Based Test in the 21st century.
Some candiates shared their complains like a candidate, Maryam Animashaun, who expressed disappointment with the conduct of the examination, claimed that she received three different results from JAMB.
Another candidate, Kalasuwe Adeola, complained about her score that it was been tampered.
The National President of the Association of Tutorial Schools in Nigeria, Mr. Shodunke Olutodotun, lamented that over 10,000 candidates missed the UTME, while others had their marks deducted due to irregularities by JAMB.
“This year’s UTME will soon be concluded. We have a man called Prof. Dibu Ojerinde. This man has outlived his usefulness in JAMB. He seems to be more powerful than the country’s president.
“The protesters are the victims; their destinies are being finished by Dibu. Most of the protesters that had their exam in Delta State had the exam in a shrine. A lot of them got results before they sat for the exam.
“We are appealing to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, to send signal to Abuja to stop UTME. If they don’t do that, we will go to Abuja.
