Mr. Opesusi Oluwafemi, the grieving father of Faith Opesusi Timileyin, the 19-year-old who tragically
passed away after receiving a low UTME score has revealed his daughter’s last moment....CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING.>>
Faith, who had aspirations of studying Microbiology at the university, reportedly ended her life after scoring 146 in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (
UTME
Speaking to BBC Pidgin on Thursday, Mr. Opesusi said his daughter was deeply devastated by her results, especially considering she had performed impressively in the previous year’s UTME.
“My daughter scored very high in last year’s JAMB result. This year, they gave her 146 and that was what made her drink rat poison,”he said.
He added,“She was devastated and disappointed when she saw her results. If she had opened up, we would have consoled and told her that there is hope.”
The tragedy comes amid a wave of concern following the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (
JAMB)’s acknowledgement of errors in the 2025 UTME
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, had on Wednesday admitted that technical issues affected the results of hundreds of thousands of candidates. While addressing journalists, an emotional Oloyede, who broke down in tears, apologised publicly for the errors.
According to him, at least
379,997 candidates were affected
by the mistakes in the just-concluded examination.
