Students hoping to study law at Lead City University are being urged to be cautious after the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it did not approve the reported admission of candidates into the university’s Law programme.
According to JAMB, the admissions being discussed were not processed through the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) — the only official platform recognised for admissions into tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
In a statement issued by its Public Communications Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, the board said it had received accusations of negligence over the development but clarified that the admissions were never processed through its system.
“The board unequivocally states that the said admissions were not conducted through the Central Admissions Processing System,” the statement said.
JAMB added that any admission not processed through CAPS is invalid and unknown to the board.
The situation is further complicated because the Law programme at Lead City University is currently under a five-year suspension imposed by the Council of Legal Education, the body responsible for regulating legal education and admission into the Nigerian Law School.
The board stressed that the university is not authorised to admit candidates into the programme until the suspension expires.
JAMB therefore warned admission seekers not to accept offers outside CAPS, noting that such admissions are considered fake and unrecognised.
Candidates who may have received such offers were advised to ignore them and instead apply for the next Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to seek admission through the proper process.
The board also revealed that it is aware of attempts by some universities to move illegally admitted candidates to other institutions through inter-university transfers, warning that such transfers will not be recognised if the original admission was not processed through CAPS.
The message from JAMB is simple: if your admission is not on CAPS, it may not count.
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