The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has cautioned parents and guardians against enrolling minors in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

The Registrar of JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, gave the warning while reacting to a suit filed by one Mrs Ifeanyi Eke against the Board over alleged inappropriate text messages sent to her 15-year-old daughter during her registration.
This was contained in a statement by the Board’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin on Wednesday in Abuja.

Eke had filed a N100m suit against JAMB and three others before the Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged unsolicited and inappropriate text messages sent to her 15-year-old daughter.

Reacting to the incident, Oloyede said the Board was ready to meet with the woman, maintaining that the sender of the message was not the Board’s staff.

The Registrar said since the incident happened, JAMB reported to security agencies to take appropriate action but the woman did not care, suing for N100 million at the expense of the child.
Oloyede said the person involved is not a staff staff neither is he of the centre, but a co-student.

The JAMB boss maintained that the person got the telephone number of the victim at the center because they had a form to fill, saying that it has dealt appropriately with the center, the reason being that it shouldn’t have allowed unauthorized persons in the premises.