The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, has exposed one Ejikeme Mmesoma for parading fake JAMB results which she used to win a N3 million scholarship from famous automaker, Innosson Motors.
Mmesoma became a social media item after claiming that she is the top scorer in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, with 362 marks. She actually scored 249 marks.
Following her claim that she led other students in the examination, Innosson Motors awarded her a N3 million scholarship while the Anambra state government also planned to honour her as a good ambassador of the state.
She was however exposed after the state government wrote JAMB to confirm her claim.
Speaking on the issue in a statement on Sunday, JAMB said Mmesoma is among other students that have used fake or doctored JAMB results to deceive unsuspecting public.
Apart from her, the Board also cited the case of one Atung Gerald in Kaduna, who claimed to have scored 380 in the same exam. He didn’t obtain the form, JAMB said, not to talk of writing the exam.
The duo, JAMB stated, used some softwares to manipulate their scores, warning the public to beware of such fake results which are not it.
As a punishment for their actions, JAMB said Mmesoma’s result will be withdraw, while the two cheats will be made to face the full wrath of the law.
The statement said: “The attention of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has been drawn to several publications in both print and online media celebrating certain candidates for being high scorers in the 2023 UTME.
“The Board is constrained to set the records straight and wishes to state unequivocally that many of the results which many of these candidates are parading are fake. In many instances, some of these candidates had actually obtained far lower scores than they are claiming and had used some funny software packages to manipulate their results to deceive unsuspecting members of the public.
“The most pathetic of them all is the case of Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, who claimed to have scored 362 in the 2023 UTME and was awarded a N3m scholarship by Chief (Dr.) Innocent Chukwuma. She was even set to be honoured by the Anambra State Government when one of its top officials put a call through to JAMB to confirm her claim, only for the Board to reveal that Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma had actually scored 249 and not the 362 she claimed. She had manipulated her UTME result to deceive the public to fraudulently obtain scholarships and other recognitions.
“A similar case was that of one Atung Gerald in Kaduna, who claimed to have scored 380. His ethnic group had taken the issue up, requesting that he be given special recognition, only for the Board to disappoint them with the incontestable fact that Atung never obtained the 2023 UTME application documents, not to talk of sitting the examination.
“The Board would, therefore, want to advise the public to always cross-check these claims by candidates with the Board before rushing to honour them with undeserving awards, as certain software has been created to fake their version of their results and put same out in the public space for fun, and this is what the sponsors of these candidates are using to defraud good-spirited Nigerians such as Dr Innocent, the founder of Innoson Motors, who sincerely desires to celebrate academic excellence by investing in the education of a young Nigerian.
“We commended the likes of Dr. Innocent Chukwuma and wish to encourage other Nigerians, who desire to invest in the future of genuine youngsters, never to be discouraged but to always ensure that they get the authentic results from the Board as done by the Anambra State Ministry of Education; otherwise they will be celebrating criminality as this is just another new fraudulent method in town. However, these candidates only succeed in manipulating what they are holding, as the authentic results are with the Board and would be transmitted to their schools of choice at the appropriate time.
“It is to be noted that Miss Mmesoma had sent a message to the Board’s platform to request her UTME result, after which she manually inflated her scores and pasted same on the 2022 UTME result sheet. Unknown to her, the Board had changed the design of the 2023 UTME result sheet. Her original result remains 249, as nothing can change that.
“With this her ignoble act, Miss Mmesoma would be prosecuted and her original result withdrawn. This is not all, as the Board would, in due course, investigate all candidates laying claims to higher scores than they actually obtained. Once discovered, such candidates’ original results would be withdrawn forthwith, and they would be handed over to relevant security agencies for prosecution.”
Meanwhile, Innosson Group has called for a thorough investigations of the issue. In a reaction, its spokesman, Cornel Osigwe said the girl was incapable of committing such fraud, saying her records from school showed that she was brilliant.
