Mmesoma: Reps Issue Orders To JAMB On Its Three Year Ban Against Candidate

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, issued an order stopping the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), from carrying out its three year ban on the 19 year old Miss Joy Mmesoma Ejikeme, over the alleged forgery of her JAMB result.

Jul 5, 2023 - 18:39

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Mmesoma: Reps Issue Orders To JAMB On Its Three Year Ban Against Candidate

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, issued an order stopping the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), from carrying out its three year ban on the 19 year old Miss Joy Mmesoma Ejikeme, over the alleged forgery of her JAMB result.

A memeber of the House of Representatives, Awaji-Inombek Abiante (PDP-Bayelsa), moved the motion in plenary on Wednesday in Abuja, asking JAMB to hold execution of its disciplinary action against Mmesoma Ejikeme in connection with her suspected JAMB score fraud.

Recall that Ejikeme had claimed to have scored 362 in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) through JAMB, as opposed to her 249 reported by the board.

He stated that Ejikeme, a pupil at Anglican Girls Secondary School in Nnewi, Anambra, took the 2023 UTME and scored 362. but on July 2, JAMB Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, accused Ejikeme of altering her UTME score from 249 to 362.

According to Benjamin, Ejikeme came out to defend herself, that she printed the results from the JAMB website, and that she had been a brilliant student throughout her nursery and secondary education.

He stated that Mmesoma had come first in all of the examinations she had taken before to the UTME, and thus she claimed she was incapable of manipulating her UTME result.

Recognising that in Nigeria, while uploading or downloading the results of tests or polls online, faults might occur at any time, he believes that the facts must be established before any blame can be assigned.

He stated that Benjamin had previously claimed that some 2023 UTME candidates were using fraudulent scores to gain an unfair edge from the public, therefore the necessity to investigate the claim.

As a result, the House established an ad hoc committee to investigate the suspected tampering with Ejikeme’s UTME results and report back within one week for further legislative action.

Credit: NAN