Exclusive: JAMB Insider Speaks on System Glitch in Southeast, Others
A source in JAMB told PREMIUM TIMES that this couldn’t have been the case as most of the officials involved in processing the affected results are from the South-East.
The source also provided PREMIUM TIMES with the names of some of the officials who are from the South-east, including the head of the IT company who made the error.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the insinuations are both divisive and ridiculous.
The source explained that the chief operating officer (COO) of the service provider is an Igbo man from Delta State, Jeffrey Onochi.
“He did the processing of the result for JAMB. Are you saying he will agree to target Igbo candidates,” the source questioned.
PREMIUM TIMES also gathered that there are individuals of Igbo extraction among the team tasked with installing the failed patch for Lagos and the South-east.
The source identified some of them as Stanley Agu from Imo State and John Chima Iheonu from Abia State.
The source added that the two JAMB supervisors for the affected Lagos and Owerri Zone – Uche Ohielo and Collins Ojiere– are from the South-east.
The JAMB director in charge of the Owerri Zonal Office/Headquarters Annex is also Igbo, Gloria Anyaegbu, from Anambra.
“There is no way these people will deliberately sabotage candidates from their own areas,” the source said, describing such claims as nonsensical.
“Jamb staff members and service providers are professionals and are not influenced by sentiments – ethnic, political, religious, or any other such considerations.”