The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it is not responsible for the reported admission of candidates into the Law Faculty of Lead City University, stressing that the admissions were not processed through the approved national admission platform.
In a statement issued on Thursday by its Public Communications Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, the board said it had received several complaints accusing it of dereliction of duty over the reported admission of students into the university’s Law programme despite a five-year suspension on the course.
According to JAMB, the admissions in question were not processed through the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), which it described as the only approved platform for admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
“The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has been inundated with accusations of dereliction regarding the purported admission of candidates into the Law Faculty of Lead City University despite its suspension for five years,” the statement said.
The board emphasised that any admission not processed through CAPS is invalid and will not be recognised.
“The Board unequivocally states that the said admissions were not conducted through the Central Admissions Processing System, the only platform approved for the processing of admissions into tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Consequently, such admissions are void as they are unknown to the Board,” it added.
JAMB also noted that the university is not authorised to admit candidates into the Law programme until the suspension period expires.
“The institution is not authorised to admit candidates into the programme until the expiration of the suspension,” Benjamin said.
The board warned candidates against accepting admissions offered outside CAPS, reiterating that such offers are fake and have no legal standing.
“This sad development once again underscores the importance of heeding the Board’s repeated and unequivocal advice to candidates not to accept any offer of admission outside CAPS, as admission that is not processed and approved on CAPS is fake,” the statement noted.
It further warned that candidates who accept such admissions cannot claim legitimacy.
“Candidates admitted through such irregular means have no legitimate claim as they are considered complicit,” the board stated.
JAMB advised prospective students who may have received such offers to disregard them and instead apply for the next Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination to pursue legitimate admission through the proper channels.
“Any admission offered outside CAPS is nothing more than an exercise in futility,” the board added.
The board also disclosed that it had become aware of attempts by some universities to move illegally admitted candidates to other institutions through inter-university transfers.
However, it insisted such transfers would not be recognised if the initial admission was not processed through CAPS.
“For a transfer to be valid, the candidate must have been validly admitted in the first instance,” the statement said.
The controversy follows a five-year moratorium placed on the university’s Faculty of Law by the Council of Legal Education, the body responsible for regulating legal education and admission into the Nigerian Law School.
The council imposed the sanction after citing inadequate infrastructure and repeated violations of the institution’s approved admission quota, warning that universities must comply with regulatory standards before admitting law students
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