UTME 2026: OAU Medical Student Trends, Shares Result After Retaking Exam as Art Candidate

UTME 2026: OAU Medical Student Trends, Shares Result After Retaking Exam as Art Candidate

  • A medical student from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) shared his JAMB score after retaking the 2026 exam as an Arts candidate
  • The man took to social media to post his UTME result after sitting for the examination on April 18, 2026
  • The post sparked mixed reactions online, with many questioning how a medical student performed in subjects outside of his field of study

A medical student, @drealbigvirg, has shared his 2026 Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) score after retaking the exam as an Arts candidate.

The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) student shared his results months after promising to sit for the exam to "make a point" to Arts students.

a Nigerian man retakes JAMB even as a medical student of OAU
Medical student goes viral after sharing his JAMB 2026 score from Arts subjects attempt. Photo credit: @drealbigbirg/X
Source: Twitter

Medical student shares UTME result

Sharing his result on X, @drealbigvirg tagged a 2025 tweet in which he detailed his plan to see if Science students could take art subjects and still achieve top scores.

His 2025 post read:

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"I will take JAMB next year and prove to Art students that if Science students were doing art subjects, they would still be getting 300+"

Fulfilling his promise, he sat for the 2026 JAMB exams and then posted his UTME score on social media on April 18, 2026.

According to the screenshot of the results, he scored 71 in Government, 38 in Literature, but scored zero in both English and IRS, resulting in a total aggregate of 109.

See the screenshot of his JAMB score below:

UTME score of medical student in OAU
A medical student retakes JAMB as an Arts candidate to prove a point and scores 109. Photo credit: @drealbigvirg/X
Source: Twitter

Captioning the screenshot, he said:

"Art students, I apologise, I wasn't familiar with your game. 😢"

See his X post below:

Reactions as medical student retakes JAMB

Legit.ng gathered reactions from X users who saw the tweet. Some of the comments are below.

@thisuserisok said:

"The only way to score 0 is when you know all the answers to the questions."

@1big_x_ commented:

"Poly will give you admission."

@godpower002 commented:

"Even person way no Sabi English language no go score 0."

@blackgurlmorish wrote:

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"How will Art students get zero in english?"

@_thatbeadchef stated:

"English zero?😂
"Lmao. I know what you are."

@TBlaq60040 commented:

"Wait oh, shebi English na general subject, how you come take fail am, ori e dota oh."

@ASKOFOLUWAFEMI stated:

"I know what you’re trying to do, but I can’t prove it."

@TheoPerkins_ commented:

"You literally scored zero in English (a non-art subject)
"Lemaoo."

@IAmOnyekaVince said:

"Science candidates no dey take English? Why you come get zero na?"

In a similar story, Legit.ng Ogundare Racheal Seunfunmi, a science student who sat for the 2026 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination, had 283 on aggregate. She scored 51 in English language, 75 in physics, 60 in biology, and 97 in chemistry.

JAMB releases 2026 UTME result

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that JAMB released the 2026 UTME results.

According to Fabian Benjamin, the spokesperson of the board, candidates can check their results by sending UTMERESULT via SMS to 55019 or 66019, using the same phone number (SIM) used during registration.

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At this stage, candidates can only view their results as printing is not yet available.

Proofreading by Funmilayo Aremu, copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng

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