JAMB had in a statement on October 16, insisted that only candidates who will be 16 years old by August 2025, would be admitted to tertiary institutions.
This directive was a follow up to the new policy the ministry of education introduced on the adoption of 18 years as the minimum age for admission into tertiary institutions.
JAMB, however, made an exception for students seeking admission in the 2024/2025 session.
Dissatisfied with JAMB’s directive, a former Nigerian Bar Association chairman, Warri branch, John Aikpokpo-Martins, dragged the admission board to court.
The sole applicant, Aikpokpo-Martins, for and on behalf of all candidates born on the 1st of September 2009 to the 31st December, 2009, who wrote and passed JAMB exams in 2024, in a suit, sued JAMB and Edwin Clark University as 1st and 2nd respondents.
In a ruling delivered, Justice Anthony Akpovi granted all the reliefs sought by the applicant.
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