The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has barred Ms Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma from sitting the Board’s examination for the next three years in addition to the withdrawal of her 2023 UTME result in line with it’s established procedures.
According to a statement issued by JAMB Director of public relations,
Fabian Benjamin, the decision was taken after considering the weighty infraction committed by the candidate.
JAMB restated its earlier position that the UTME result being paraded by Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma is patently fake.
The Board also reassured 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 noted 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.
JAMB therefore urged the general public to scan the QR code on the result slip to see its actual owner before it was mutilated Ms Ejikeme Joy.
It stated that the case is being rightly handed over to relevant security agencies for thorough investigation to unravel the masterminds of yet another unfortunate scam, adding that the board is not averse to public scrutiny and is ready for open public session involving the agencies listed above as well as relevant security agencies where the candidate, parents, guardian and her legal team will be present.
JAMB however stated that it remains unperturbed by the unfortunate development, revealing that this is not the first time such fraudulent claims have been made.
