The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it will prosecute Ejikeme Mmesoma, a 2023 UTME applicant from Anambra State, for “manipulating” her score in 2023’s examination.
“Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma had actually scored 249 and not the 362 she claimed,” the Board said in a statement signed by Fabian Benjamin, its spokesman, on Sunday.
“She had manipulated her UTME results in order to deceive the public in order to fraudulently obtain scholarships and other recognitions.”
JAMB further stated that Mmesoma’s initial result would be withdrawn, claiming that many applicants are displaying fraudulent results after “using some funny software packages.”
Innocent Chukwuma, the founder of Innoson Motors, is claimed to have already offered the candidate ₦3 million scholarship.
JAMB commended “Chukwuma and encouraged other Nigerians, who desire to invest in the future of genuine youngsters, never to be discouraged but to always ensure that they get the authentic results from the Board as done by the Anambra State Ministry of Education, otherwise they will be celebrating criminality as this is just another new fraudulent method in town”.
“It is to be noted that Miss Mmesoma had sent a message to the Board’s platform to request her UTME result after which she manually inflated her scores and pasted same on the 2022 UTME result sheet.
“Unknown to her, the Board had changed the design of the 2023 UTME result sheet. Her original result remains 249 as nothing can change that. With this her ignoble act, Miss Mmesoma would be prosecuted and her original result withdrawn.”
