The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday released the names of the best students who sat for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination ( UTME).

JAMB Registrar,Prof Is-haq Oloyede, said an indigene of Ekiti, Adebayo Eyimofe, scored the highest mark with 362 points.

Adebayo was closely followed by Ugwu Chikelu, an indigene of Enugu State with a score of 359.

The duo wrote the examination in one of the computer-based test centres in Abuja.

Other high scorers include Igbalaye Ebunoluwa 357; Emmanuel Oluwanifemi 357; Ozumba Samuel 357; Olumide-Attah Ayomide 355; Lawal Olaoluwa 355; Dokun Jubril 354; Amaku Anthony 354 and Aghulor Divine 353.

Report has it that the 2022 UTME began on Friday, 6th May 2022 and ended on Friday 13th May, 2022 and over 1.7 million candidates registered and sat for the examination nationwide.