The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, says two JAMB officials were attacked during the mock exercise which held on Monday (today).
He said the two officials would also have been set ablaze but for the quick intervention that saved them from the attempted jungle justice.
The registrar said the attack took place at a centre in the Lagos State Polytechnic. He said the reason for the shocking attack was yet to be ascertained, even as the two officials have been taken to the hospital after they were rescued.
There was an attempt on their lives at the Lagos State Polytechnic. For whatever reason, they were wet with petrol and they were to be set ablaze.
“We have sent a rescue team and they took them to the hospital. We are still looking into what happened, but we have evacuated our staff from the place.
“We hope that whoever attempted that, the law enforcement agencies will not allow such an assault on innocent officials of government who went about their normal business,” he said.
