Mmesoma Ejikeme, a student from Anambra state who was recognized for having the highest score in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), has addressed the allegations made against her regarding forged results.
The results of Mmesoma, who claimed to have scored 362 on the UTME in 2023, were reportedly deemed false by JAMB on Sunday, as reported by DNTWOK.
Her actual score is 249, according to a statement from JAMB, but she manually altered the results using software.
Speaking about the development, Mmesoma in a video shared on Facebook noted that she had printed the result from Jamb portal and her aggregates read 362 and never manipulated.
She further noted that the accusation had traumatized her as she is not capable of performing such an act.
She said: “I am the owner of this result. I went to JAMB portal to print this result and this is what they gave me. This is my aggregate, 362. This is exactly how I printed it out and downloaded from the site,” she said.
“So, the fact that they are now saying I forged the result is what I don’t know. I am traumatised that they accused me of forging my own result. This is because I am not capable of forging my own result.
“This is the evidence. They said that I forged my result. They scanned this QR code then and it showed another name. A Yoruba name, Omotola Afolabi, 138. And that same person that scored 138, they checked again, the person score 338. Meaning that there is problem somewhere.
“And we went to the commissioner of education office last week Friday, with my principal and the educational secretary of Anglican Secondary school girls of Anglican Diocese. So, we went there and showed this result to the commissioner of education. She snapped it and sent it to the JAMB officials.
“They called back and said this is a forged result that I forged it myself. That the JAMB office don’t have the record of this.
‘They now said that I forged it and called the DSS over. The DSS took us to their office and we made our statements there and said they will contact us later that they are going to investigate this result to know where the source came from.
“So, instead of them to wait for the investigation to be over, they posted that I forged the result without confirming. I am really sad about it.
“Since my nursery school, I have been taking first. It’s not that I am an illiterate girl to go and forge my result. Even in my common entrance exam, I scored three hundred and something.”
Innoson Reveals Next Line Of Action On Pupil Accused Of Forged Jamb Results
The management of Innoson Automobile Company has disclosed its next course of action, stating that if the Anambra State student, Mmesoma Ejikeme, is found not guilty of the allegations that she manipulated her Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) results, the N3 million scholarship will stand.
In an interview with newsmen on Monday in Onitsha, the Head of Corporate Communications at Innoson Group, Cornel Osigwe, said it is strange to learn from JAMB that Ejikeme forged her results.
Before giving out the N3 million scholarship, according to Osigwe, the company waited for JAMB to issue a counterclaim on the results.
He said they have sourced an independent investigator service to determine whether Mmesoma manipulated her results or whether JAMB is to blame.
Osigwe also advised the student not to panic during this period of investigation, saying that they have the capacity to unravel the truth.
He said, “It is strange to us because we did our independent verification and found out that Mmesoma Ejikeme actually scored 362, when we printed her result.
“When it was claimed that she was the highest, we waited for JAMB to come and clarify it, but they did not and the media was publishing that she was the highest.
“We also waited to see if there was going to be a counterclaim, but since there was no counterclaim, we awarded her the scholarship as the highest scorer.
“We are doing our independent investigation as we speak to know if she actually manipulated her result or the fault was from JAMB.
“If we find out that the girl actually manipulated her result for obvious reasons, we will withdraw the scholarship.
“But if we find out that the mistake was actually from JAMB; that they were the ones that awarded her the score, or probably did a review and found out that her actual score was 249, then our scholarship will still stand.”
Ada Peter
