A six count charge has been filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja against five Delta State residents accused of hacking into the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board server during the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination Computer Based Test.

The Inspector General of Police, acting as complainant, filed the charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/300/2026 on May 22 through prosecuting counsel Faith Dimka before Justice Musa Liman. The defendants, Ojiyovwi Miracle, Goodluck Ovuijeddo, Dennis Uvietesivwi, Ransome Monday and Hilda Ejohwemu, face offences bordering on cybercrime, examination malpractice and cheating.

According to the charge sheet, count two alleges that on April 20, 2026, the defendants, without authorisation, intentionally accessed a computer system and network, remotely infiltrating the JAMB server by installing software known as RADMI on 200 systems used for the UTME CBT. The prosecution alleged that once installed, the software operated those systems remotely for fraudulent purposes and extracted data considered vital to national security.

Count three accuses the defendants of knowingly causing loss of property by altering, erasing, inputting and suppressing data during the examination, with intent to confer economic benefit upon themselves at JAMB's expense. Counts four, five and six relate to conspiracy to commit examination malpractice, procurement of examination question papers through fraudulent means, and inducing others to commit examination malpractice during the same CBT.

Counts one, two and three are punishable under the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015, as amended in 2024, while counts four, five and six attract sanctions under the Examination Malpractice Act, 1999 (LFN 2004).

The arraignment scheduled before Justice Liman, however, could not proceed. The judge observed that since all five defendants reside in Delta State, it would be more expedient for the matter to be heard at the court's division in that state for faster prosecution. Counsel to the IGP, Faith Dimka, and lawyers representing the defendants did not object.

Justice Liman consequently ordered the case file returned to the central registry for transfer to the Delta Division of the Federal High Court.