The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has declared as illegal any admission purportedly offered into the Law Faculty of Lead City University, warning candidates to disregard such offers.

The Board said It had been inundated with allegations of dereliction over claims that candidates were being admitted into the university’s law programme despite a suspension placed on the institution.

Recall that the Council of Legal Education (CLE) had on June 26, 2024 placed Lead City University under a five-year moratorium on law admissions following findings of inadequate infrastructure and violations of its approved 50-student admission quota.

In a statement issued on Thursday by its public communications advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB clarified that the admissions in question were not processed through the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), the only platform approved for the processing of admissions into tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

The Board stated that any admission offered outside CAPS is unknown to it and therefore void.

According to JAMB, the institution is not authorised to admit candidates into the law programme until the expiration of the suspension imposed by the Council of Legal Education.

The Board noted that the development further underscores the importance of its repeated warning to candidates not to accept admission offers that are not processed through CAPS.

It stressed that any admission not processed and approved on the platform should be regarded as fake, adding that candidates who accept such offers have no legitimate claim and may be considered complicit in the irregular process.

“For the umpteenth time, the Board strongly advises prospective candidates, in their own interest, not to accept any admission not processed through CAPS, as the Board will neither recognise nor condone such admissions,” the statement said.

JAMB also advised candidates who might have been offered admission outside CAPS to disregard the offers and begin the process of obtaining the next Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) application in order to pursue legitimate admission through the appropriate channels.

The Board further revealed that it was aware of attempts by some universities to circumvent the rules by transferring illegally admitted candidates to other institutions through inter-university transfers.

It, however, warned that such attempts would fail as the Board would not endorse any inter-university transfer without a valid initial admission processed through CAPS.

JAMB reiterated its commitment to enforcing the laws and regulations guiding the nation’s admission system and assured that it would continue to discharge its responsibilities accordingly. (Nigerian Tribune)