The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)
has announced Owoeye Daniella Jesudunsin from Ekiti State as the
highest-scoring candidate in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME).
The announcement was made during JAMB’s 2026 Policy
Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions held in Abuja on Monday.
According to JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, Jesudunsin
scored 372 out of a possible 400 marks after sitting for the examination in
Ogun State.
She applied to study Medicine and Surgery at
University of Lagos (UNILAG) as her first-choice institution.
Her score falls three points short of the highest mark
recorded in the 2025 UTME, when Chinedu Okeke from Anambra State achieved 375
marks.
Coming second in the 2026 ranking was Imo-born
candidate, Enwere Kingsley Ikenna, who scored 370 marks. He selected Nile
University in Abuja as his first choice and intends to study Computer Science.
Ayomide Bamisile from Ondo State secured third place
with 369 marks. He applied to study Software Engineering at the Federal
University of Technology Akure (FUTA).
Several other candidates also recorded outstanding
performances, with multiple students scoring 368 and 367 marks across different
institutions and courses.
Among the candidates who scored 368 were Olabiyisi
Olanrewaju, who applied for Mechatronics at Pan-Atlantic University;
Victor-Onyeka Daniel, who chose University of Port Harcourt for
Electrical/Electronics Engineering; and Osagiobare Daniel O., who applied to
University of Benin to study Mechanical Engineering.
Others in the same score category include Ademiluyi
Adebowale, who selected Obafemi Awolowo University for Computer Engineering,
and Azuike Kenechukwu, who applied to Afe Babalola University for Software
Engineering.
Candidates who scored 367 include Offorkile Michael,
who chose the University of Ibadan for Computer Science, Adebisi Eniola S., who
applied to Covenant University, and Umukoro Gift O., who also selected
Pan-Atlantic University for Electrical/Electronics Engineering.
The release of the top scorers came shortly after JAMB
announced the retention of 150 as the minimum admission cut-off mark for
universities for the 2026 academic session.
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