The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede has reaffirmed that Miss Mnesoma Ejikeme manipulated her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME result.
He was speaking when he appeared before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee Investigating the resulting saga between JAMB and Miss Ejikeme.
He said that after careful investigation, it was proven and discovered that the candidate scored 249 and not 369 as wisely claimed.
He said that since the year 2020, the Board had put up mechanisms to curb identity theft.
He noted that the board uses scores to rank candidates.
Prof Oloyede also said that it was practically impossible for anyone to prove that fake results come from JAMB.
He said that the examination number presented by Mnesoma was fake, and her sort code was fake
“She attempted to deceive our system but the system gave her her actual results. We believe that nothing fake can come from us. The name of the center she paraded had changed since 2019.” Prof Oloyede said.
He added that the forgery was planned from the beginning but it failed.
When asked to respond to the submissions by the JAMB Registrar, Miss Mnesoma Ejikeme, said that she had already admitted to forgery and tendered an unreserved apology to JAMB.
She said she got her result from a different portal, not the JAMB portal.
In a soul-touching voice, she read the apology letter to the committee.
“This is the first time in my academic history that I am involved in any type of scandal. It is not in my character and I wholeheartedly plead for mercy” Miss Ejikeme said.
The Chairman of the committee, Hon Sada Soli, said that the investigation was to get to the root of the matter.
He noted that the committee was set up to unravel the truth and that it would do.
Members commended Mnesoma Ejikeme for coming out clean and urged JAMB to tamper justice with mercy.
They also advised JAMB to fix its system to curb lapses.
Dominica Nwabufo
