The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it has withdrawn the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result of Ms Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma.
JAMB also barred her from sitting the board’s examination for the next three years.
JAMB, in a statement by its Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, Tuesday, disclosed that Mmesoma simply falsified a copy of a result slip of a candidate named Asimiyu Mariam Omobolanle, who sat the UTME in 2021 and scored 138.
“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 Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, and in line with it’s established procedures, has withdrawn her 2023 UTME result and also barred her from sitting the Board’s examination for the next three years,” Benjamin said.
Benjamin further said the 362 UTME score Ms Ejikeme is parading was the 2021 UTME result of Asimiyu Mariam Omobolanle who sat the UTME in 2021 and scored 138.
“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,” Benjamin said, and called any person or groups who want to see the truth to endeavour to scan the QR code on Ejikeme’s 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.’
Benjamin emphasised that the Board remains unperturbed by this unfortunate development as this is not the first time such fraudulent claims have been made, adding that the Board is not averse to public scrutiny and is ready for open public session involving relevant security agencies where the candidate, parents, guardians and her legal team will be present.