Just In] Fake Result Saga: JAMB Slams Three Years Ban On Mmesoma

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has barred Joy Mmesoma Ejikeme from sitting for its examination for the next three years, for manipulating and parading a fake result.

Mmesoma a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School Uruagu in Nnewi, Anambra State, had earlier been accused by the Board of using a software to manipulate her original score of 249 to 362.

Mmesoma who in a video that went viral on Monday continued to insist her result was not tampered with, has been gaining the sympathy of Nigerians including the owner of Innoson Motors who earlier awarded her a N3m scholarship, calling for a proper investigation as the Boards portal may have suffered a system error.

However, in the early hours of Tuesday the Board in a statement by it’s Acting Director Public Affairs and Protocol (PAP), Dr Fabian Benjamin, insisted that Mmesoma falsified a copy of a result slip of a candidate named “Asimiyu Mariam Omobolanle”, who wrote the UTME in 2021 and scored 138, adding that it’s system was neither tampered with nor compromised.

The statement partly reads: “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.”

Fabian noted that due to the rampant falsification of results by candidates, the Board had stopped issuing Notification of Result slips after the 2021 UTME.

“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

“The Board is not averse to public scrutiny and is ready for open public session involving the agencies listed above as well as relevant security agencies where the candidate, parent’s guardian, and her legal team will be present.

“In the meantime, the management of the Board urges members of the public to examine critically the issue at hand and avoid fake news trafficking.

“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.”

While noting that Mmesoma’s case has since been handed over to security agencies for a thorough investigation to unravel the masterminds of what he described as an unfortunate scam, he advised those whom he described as “nefarious elements” goading Mmesoma to an unproductive path “to have a rethink as their evil machinations would soon come to light.”