An Anambra committee tasked with investigating the
controversy surrounding Joy Mmesoma says the Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME) candidate admitted to faking her results.
In May, Mmesoma, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary
School in Nnewi, Anambra state, gained popularity after she was purported to
have scored 362 in the 2023 UTME.
Although the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB)
did not announce her as the overall best candidate, Mmesoma was widely
celebrated.
Innocent Chukwuma, the automobile businessman, awarded the
candidate a scholarship worth N3 million.
JAMB would later declare, contrary to Mmesoma’s claims, that
the student scored 249, not 362.
The exam body said she faked the results to mislead the
public, so a panel was tasked with probing the matter.
A report on the Anambra-constituted panel’s investigation
has now concluded that Mmesoma indeed faked the results.
The panel of inquiry said Mmesoma is expected to tender a
written apology to JAMB, the Anglican Girls Secondary, and the Anambra state
government.
“The results paraded by Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma with an
aggregate score of 362 are fake as buttressed by significant variations in the
registration number, date of birth, centre name, and other infractions,” the
panel’s report reads.
“Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma admitted that she manipulated the fake
results herself, using herself using her phone.
“The Principal Anglican Girls’ Secondary School, Mrs. Edu
Uche, and the education secretary, Diocese of Nnewi (Anglican Communion)
expressed dismay at the conduct of Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma.
“Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma should undergo psychological
counselling and therapy.
“We hope that this unearthing of the truth as we have
discovered will go a long way in correcting the sentiments, misconceptions, and
deceptions that have been in the public domain.”
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I know this is where it will end. I know they will force the girl to accept what she never did with al manner of treat, and intimidation. If na Politician pikin it will.not end like this.
ReplyDeleteyou're daft and you don't have anyone to tell you.. What will JAMB gain from framing her up? Are you aware the person that has the highest JAMB score is also an igbo girl, from Anambra as a matter of fact? Are you aware the template the girl printed, JAMB stopped using it in 2020? Are you also aware others that wrote the exam confirmed that their results were all printed out with pictures unlike Mmesoma? why is she the only one in the whole of Nigeria that has that issue? Please stop spewing rubbish and give yourself some sense. You can read up on the expose done by FIJ on how one can forge JAMB results using an app that Mmesoma also used
DeleteThis what expected jamb to have done when DSS entered the matter. Allow DSS finish their investigation so more culprit be caught and serve as deterent to others and to help the public to alware of such fraudulent practices
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