A 15-year-old boy, Ekele Franklin from Imo State, has emerged the overall best candidate in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME) conducted between April 11 and April 15.
Franklin, who made University of Lagos his first choice, scored 347 and may not be admitted because of his age.
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this at a news conference to announce the release of the results in Abuja on Saturday.
Emmanuel Chidebube, a 16-year-old boy from Abia State, came second with a score of 346, while Isaac Olamide, a 17-year-old from Osun State came third with 345.
In all, 2,906 candidates scored over 300 as against 4,683 in 2018.
According to Oloyede, 57,579 candidates scored between 250 and 299 as against 64,120 in the 2018 results.
He said 366,757 candidates also scored between 200 and 249, which is a significant improvement from the 2018…
