Amid the controversy trailing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result obtained by Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has insisted that her result is “patently fake.”
On
Sunday, Ejikeme was accused by JAMB of forging her 2023 UTME, a claim she has
denied.
However,
in a statement on Tuesday, JAMB spokesman, Benjamin Fabian, said the body has
withdrawn her result and consequently barred her from writing the examination
for the next three years.
“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established procedures, has withdrawn her 2023 UTME result and also barred her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,” the statement
read.
The
examination body also reassured 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,”
Benjamin added.
See
the full statement below:
EJIKEME
JOY MMESOME: WE SHALL CONTINUE TO SERVE WITH INTEGRITY – JAMB
The
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is, hereby, restating its
earlier position that the UTME result being paraded by Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma is
patently fake.
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.’
The
Board remains unperturbed by this unfortunate development as this is not the
first time such fraudulent claims have been made. As such, Nigerians are urged
to recall numerous occasions where the Board was sued for billions of naira
only for the lawyers to later apologise profusely for their clients’
misadventure. Prominent among these is the case of a candidate, John Chinedu
Ifesinachi, who, in 2021, wrote a letter to the Board , threatening to sue for
N2b damages, only for him and his
counsel to tender unreserved apology when the candidate eventually confessed
his crime in the face of incontrovertible facts in an open investigation
observed by several national public institutions including the Public
Complaints Commission, National Human Rights Commission, Federal Competition
and Consumer Protection Council, Servicom and media houses.
This
case has, therefore, being rightly handed over to relevant security agencies
for thorough investigation to unravel the masterminds of yet another
unfortunate scam.
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.
Another
frightening dimension to the unfolding drama is the unwholesome interest of
some nefarious elements, who to all intents and purposes, are determined to
goad the candidate on this unproductive path as any casual observer would
observe with the obviously stage-managed video aired by Ms. Ejikeme. The Board urges these confusionists to have a
rethink as their evil machinations would soon come to light.
Again,
the Board restates its readiness for genuine scrutiny as this case would not be
the first time and might not even be the last of such shenanigans. At the end
of the day, the truth would manifest and the Board vindicated.
In
the meantime, the management of the Board urges member 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 it’s established
procedures, has withdrawn her 2023 UTME result and also barred her from sitting
the Board’s examination for the next three years.
Fabian
Benjamin, Ph.D
Ag.
Director, PAP
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