The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has taken strong action against Mmesoma Ejikeme, a candidate from Anambra State, for allegedly falsifying her results in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
News About Nigeria reports that Ejikeme had gained widespread attention after claiming to have obtained the highest score in the UTME, receiving accolades and a scholarship offer from a prominent firm and fellow Nigerians.
However, JAMB has refuted Ejikeme’s claims and has imposed a three-year restriction on her from participating in future UTME exams.
The Board, through its spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, released a statement on Tuesday morning stating that Ejikeme’s proclaimed UTME results were untrue.
According to JAMB, she was the only candidate who presented an “obsolete” notification slip, raising doubts about the authenticity of her claims.
This development comes as a blow to Ejikeme’s reputation and raises questions about the credibility of her achievements in the UTME.
“Consequently, the Board would like to reassure Nigerians that its system was neither tampered with nor compromised as the candidate simply falsified a copy of a result slip of a candidate named Asimiyu Mariam Omobolanle, who sat the UTME in 2021 and scored 138.
“It is also instructive to note that the candidate, in her statement, has inadvertently revealed the rightful owner of the result she is parading when she pointed out that the QR code on the result slip showed the actual owner of the said result before she peddled a lie in an attempt to obfuscate the truth.
“To witness the unassailable position of the Board regarding this obvious falsehood, the general public is, therefore, urged to endeavour to scan the QR code on the result slip to see its actual owner before it was mutilated. It is to be noted that the QR code encapsulates the UTME result of each candidate, hence, what is on the result sheet is nothing other than the interpretation of the information on this QR code.
“Furthermore, the public is also to note that the Board stopped issuing Notification of Result slips after the 2021 UTME for the simple reason that candidates were falsifying them. Consequently, the Board has been issuing actual UTME RESULT Slips (not notification of results ) since 2022 complete with the photograph of each candidate.
“Similarly, the public is also invited to ponder on the fact that out of all the candidates that sat the 2023 UTME, only Ms. Ejikeme Mmesoma parades the obsolete ‘Notification of Result.
“In the meantime, the management of the Board, after considering the weighty infraction committed by Ms. Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, and in line with its established procedures, has withdrawn her 2023 UTME result and also barred her from sitting the Board’s examination for the next three years.”
