Eighteen male suspects are being quizzed by the Akwa Ibom State
Police Command for attempted exam malpractices during the just concluded
JAMB examinations held nationwide.
DSP Chukwu Ikechukwu, Police Public Relations Officer, Akwa Ibom
State Command, made this known in a statement made available to DAILY
POST on Monday.
He noted that the men were arrested on Monday 15th May, 2017 in a
rented apartment at No.13, Lutheran Road, Ikot Ekpene, while trying to
hack into JAMB Website to have access to exam questions.
It said “The leader of the syndicate, one Isaiah Akpan Eshiet, works
for Gmail Computer Technology and Management Institute located at No.15,
Lutheran Road, Ikot Ekpen as the Centre Manager.
“The Institute was one of the centres approved by JAMB for candidates
to write the examinations. The Centre Manager rented the office, which
is about a few metres away from the Institute, to specifically
perpetrate the crime.
“He linked a cable from the rented office to a switch of the
Institute’s Computer system in the proprietor’s office with the
intention to connect the JAMB Server for access to JAMB questions. He
had not succeeded when the police on information swooped on him and his
associates.
“Among the accomplices in the Command’s custody were scouts for
interested candidates and those on standby, popularly referred to as
mercenaries, who were to solve the exam questions and transmit answers
to candidates in the examination hall at the Institute.
“Items recovered from the syndicate include 27 laptops, cables and a generating set”.
The spokesman quoted Commissioner of Police CP Don Awunah, as warning that there was no hiding place for criminals in the state.
He reassured that the Command will continue to collaborate with all
exam bodies in the state to eliminate cheats from the processes and
safeguard their collective integrity.
Awunah thanked the public for their useful information on criminals
and their activities and solicited for more of such assistance.
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