A man has been arrested in Anambra State after he was found collecting 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination slips from students at a cyber cafe in Atani, the state police command has confirmed.

The suspect, Eric Nwombu, was apprehended on Saturday morning by operatives of the Inspector General of Police's Safe School Initiative attached to the Anambra State Police Command. He faces charges of criminal impersonation and unlawful possession of JAMB examination materials.

Command spokesman SP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a press statement on Saturday, disclosed that the arrest followed a report about Nwombu's conduct at the Atani cyber cafe, where students had gathered to check their examination centres ahead of the 2026 UTME.

Recovered from the suspect were eight JAMB examination slips and an exercise book containing names and examination numbers of students, items he could not satisfactorily account for, Ikenga noted.

"Operatives of the IGP's Safe School Initiative of the Anambra State Police Command, in the morning of Saturday, arrested one male suspect, Eric Nwombu, for alleged criminal impersonation and unlawful possession of JAMB examination materials," the statement read.

"Items recovered include eight JAMB examination slips and an exercise book containing names and examination numbers of students, which he could not satisfactorily account for. The arrest followed a report of how the suspect was collecting 2026 JAMB examination slips from students who had come to check their examination centres in a cyber cafe in Atani."

The command did not disclose the number of students affected or whether any slips had already been used before the arrest. Investigations are ongoing.