JAMB Bans Mmesoma For Three Years; Insists She Forged Result

By Ayodele Oni

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has slammed a three-year  ban on  Mmesoma Ejikeme.

The Board says it has banned her from taking the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for three years. And described Ejikeme as “blatantly fraudulent.”

The Council has, therefore, banned Mmesoma from sitting for any JAMB conducted Examinations for three years.

This was disclosed by the Board in a statement released on Tuesday by its spokesperson Fabian Benjamin.

“The Management of the Board, after taking into account the serious offence committed by  Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, in accordance with its established protocols, withdrew her 2023 UTME results.”

“Also, she is no longer permitted to take the board test for the following three years.

On Sunday, the Examination Board withdrew Ejikeme’s UTME score after accusing her of faking and manipulating her results.

Ejikeme, however, on Monday denied fabricating the UTME results in a new viral video, while speculating that it might have been a systemic error on the part of the Board.

“The Board wants to reassure Nigerians that its system has not been tampered with or corrupted as a result.

“The Candidate merely altered a duplicate of Asimiyu Mariam Omobolanle’s result slip, who took the UTME in 2021 and received a score of 138.

“It is also essential to note that the applicant accidentally identified the rightful owner of the result she is flaunting in her statement, before peddling a lie in an effort to obfuscate the truth, she did this by pointing out that the QR code on the result slip revealed who the true owner of the stated result was.

“Thus, the general public is asked to try to scan the QR code on the result slip to see its actual owner before it was mutilated to witness the impregnable position of the Board on this evident falsehood.

“It should be remembered that each candidate’s UTME results are encoded in the QR code. Hence, the information on the result sheet.

“In order to dissuade candidates from fabricating their UTME results, it discontinued distributing notification of result slips in 2021.

“From it has been providing actual UTME result slips (as opposed to notifications of results), each of which includes the candidate’s photograph.

“Similarly, the public is also invited to reflect on the reality that only Ms Ejikeme Mmesoma paraded the antiquated “notice of result” out of all the candidates who took the 2023 UTME.

“Ms Ejikeme had been reported to security personnel. This matter has thus been appropriately handed over to competent security agencies for a comprehensive investigation to unmask the masterminds of yet another sad fraud.

“The Board is not against public inspection and hereby advises a public session with representatives of Ms Ejikeme and necessary security authorities in attendance as soon as possible.

“The Board’s experience over the years demonstrated that these cunning candidates admitted to their ignoble deeds only when confronted with unquestionable data.

“When one of the Anambra Government’s  top officials summoned the Board’s attention to validate the applicant’s claim, the Board said that the candidate was about to be honoured.

“Furthermore, it was revealed that Ms Ejikeme’s score was 249, not 362, as she had stated in order to fraudulently receive scholarships and other forms of accolades, prompting the board to verify the information.”