• The Chief Magistrate, Honorable Justice Folashade Oyekan, sentenced ‘Professor’ Jide Josiah Jisos to six months imprisonment for impersonation
• Jisos was arrested during the 2019 UTME at Brix Academy in Abuja while trying to write the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for his daughter
• JAMB spokesperson Fabian Benjamin has narrated how the fake teacher was arrested for impersonation

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“Professor” Jide Josiah Jisos has been sentenced to six months in prison for impersonation during the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The Joint Admissions and Enrollment Board Officials (JAMB) arrested Jisos while monitoring the 2019 UTME at Brix Academy in Abuja.

jamb the spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, said Justice Folashade Oyekan of the Wuse Zone 2 Magistrate Court, Abujapronounced the decision.

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Oyekan found Jisos guilty of one count of impersonation and sentenced him to six months imprisonment with an option of N100,000 fine.

According to Vanguard, Benjamin stated this in a statement issued on Sunday, November 3.

Benjamin said “Prof.” Jisos had introduced himself as a representative of a non-governmental organization (NGO), claiming he was there to supervise the examination.

“However, his deception was exposed when he was questioned by the head of the monitoring team in the examination hall, who asked him to clarify his purpose.

“Unable to substantiate his claims, Jisos was arrested and handed over to security personnel for further investigation. During interrogation, he confessed that he was not affiliated with any NGO and that he was actually in the examination hall to help his daughter sit for UTME 2019”.

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JAMB’s spokesman, however, did not reveal the day the court pronounced judgment against the suspect.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that JAMB arrested a father because he wrote the ongoing UTME 2024 for his son.

Professor Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB registrar, said the examining body has facilities to check impersonation and malpractices.

Oloyede excitedly said that JAMB is ahead of exam impersonators and cheaters while lamenting the type of parentage of this generation.

Source: Legit.ng