The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cautioned parents, against enrolling minors for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The Registrar of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede gave the warning while reacting to a suit, filed by one Ifeanyi Eke, against the Board, over alleged inappropriate text messages sent to her 15-year-old daughter during her registration.

Eke had filed a 100 million naira suit against JAMB and three others before the Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged unsolicited and inappropriate text messages sent to her 15-year-old daughter.

But reacting to the incident in an interview with the press, Oloyede said the Board is ready to meet with the woman, maintaining that the sender of the message was not its staff.

The Registrar said since the incident happened, JAMB reported to the security agencies to take appropriate action but the woman did not care, suing for 100 million naira at the expense of the child.

The JAMB boss maintained that the person got the telephone number of the victim at the centre because they had a form to fill, saying that it has dealt appropriately with the centre, the reason being that it should not have allowed unauthorized persons on the premises.