Mmesoma Ejikeme, the candidate at the center of a UTME results falsification scandal, has written to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) pleading for forgiveness.
The 19-year-old read an apology letter before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on the manipulation in Abuja on Wednesday.
According to JAMB, Mmesoma claimed a score of 362 rather than her genuine result of 249.
In one viral video seen by BizWatch Nigeria, she proudly displayed the result, which she said was obtained from the official JAMB portal.
The Board, on the other hand, supplied proof that Mmesoma had sought her result via its automated SMS-based service, which had consistently returned with the 249 score.
Mmesoma informed the lower chamber that she had admitted what she did was wrong and that it was the reason she came to give her “Letter of Profound Apology.”
“I humbly seek your forgiveness for the mistake I made. I sincerely agree that I got the JAMB result from another portal. In the course of this, I lambasted JAMB; I apologise,” she said.
“Words cannot describe the depth of pain in my heart. This is the first time I will be doing this, I have never engaged in falsification or any misdemeanour,” she said, adding that it was not in her character to manipulate results or bring public institutions to ridicule.
Mmesoma informed lawmakers that she had accepted true repentance and that she would gladly accept the ad hoc committee’s proposal as she works to correct her error and become a better person.
“I want you to temper justice with mercy,” she said.
Prof Is-haq Oloyede, the JAMB Registrar, stated that Mmesoma falsified her results with the help of the centre where she took the exam, adding that the centre had been blacklisted for aiding and abetting fraud.
Sada Soli, the Committee’s Chairman, encouraged Mmesoma to repent and not allow such misbehavior to occur again.
“You are one of the high scorers, don’t ever think of doing bad things to achieve anything ever again,” he said.
