The House of Representatives has weighed in on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) charge of result falsification leveled against Mmesoma Ejikeme, a 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate.
The MPs raised concern that the exam authority responded in an unprofessional manner in a case involving a minor by withholding the candidate’s result and barring her from taking the exam for three years.
According to them, the girl was possibly persuaded by an adult.
The House then formed an ad hoc committee to investigate the allegations and urged JAMB to postpone action until the green chamber’s probe was completed.
Previously, in a viral video, Mmesoma described how she acquired her results from the JAMB platform and was astonished to learn about falsified results.
“I printed the result from JAMB portal,” she said. “They now saying that I forged my result is what I don’t know. I am traumatised that they accused me of forging my own result. I am not capable of forging result.”
BizWatch Nigeria recalls that JAMB on Sunday accused the candidate of “manipulating” her exam results this year.
“Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma had actually scored 249 and not the 362 she claimed,” the examination organization said.
Mmesoma stated on a Channels Television program monitored by BizWatch Nigeria on Wednesday that she should not be blamed for the controversy.
“It’s not my fault that I printed my result like that and they said that I forged my result. It’s not my fault. So, them banning it is not fair,” she said.
