FUTA Warns Public Against Scammers Posing as Admission Agents – Merit is the Only Criterion

Federal University of Technology Akure FUTA Warns Public Against Scammers Posing as Admission Agents – Merit is the Only Criterion.

The Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) Security Office arrested a man on Monday December 8,2025 for collecting huge sum of money from a candidate seeking admission and her parents with the false promise of procuring admission for the candidate in FUTA.

After repeated demand for the admission, the parent reported the incident and through a sting operation the man was arrested. He owned up to collecting the money and security agents were called in to arrest him.

FUTA hereby draws the attention of members of the public and particularly candidates seeking admission to the University to the activities of fraudsters masquerading as officials of the university and promising bogus admission slots.

These impostors, through text messages and posting on social media, claim to have the ability and connection to manipulate the results of the Post UTME Screening Exercise for interested candidates and offer them admission.

The Fraudsters are also asking candidates through social media platforms and other Channels to call some phone numbers and pay huge amount of money into the private accounts of some individuals to facilitate admission. This is nothing but patent scam by fraudsters.

The general public is hereby notified that the spurious claims and misleading information is the handiwork of scammers who want to fraudulently extort money from unsuspecting Candidates and their parents and guardians.

For the avoidance of doubt no individual, either internally or externally, can manipulate, in anyway or form, the results of the screening exercise and the admission process.

The admission process in FUTA is merit driven and insulated from manipulation and other malpractices.

Members of the general public particularly candidates seeking admission into FUTA should be wary of the activities of Fraudsters as FUTA will not be responsible for the loss incurred by those who choose to deal with the Fraudsters and their cronies. This Public Notice serves as a disclaimer.

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