The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has taken the decision to prohibit Ejikeme Mmesoma from participating in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for a duration of three years.
The board’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, made an official statement on Tuesday, revealing that Mmesoma’s UTME result has been rescinded as well.
It was reported that Ejikeme Mmesoma had vehemently denied the allegations made by JAMB, asserting that she did not forge her UTME result. She went on to claim that her actual score was 362, contradicting JAMB’s statement which declared it as 249.
In response to the controversy, JAMB maintained its stance, stating that the result presented by the student was undeniably fraudulent.
The board clarified, “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.”
The board also highlighted an unintentional revelation made by Ejikeme Mmesoma in her statement. She inadvertently disclosed the rightful owner of the result she was parading when she pointed out that the QR code on the result slip displayed the actual owner of the result before she attempted to fabricate a false narrative.
JAMB emphasized the importance of scanning the QR code on the result slip to verify its authenticity. According to the board, the QR code encapsulates the UTME result of each candidate, confirming that the information displayed on the result sheet is derived directly from this code.
“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.
“To witness the unassailable position of the Board regarding this obvious falsehood, the general public is, therefore, urged to endeavor to scan the QR code on the 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.”
JAMB also said it stopped issuing the notification slip displayed by Mmesoma in the now-viral video after the 2021 UTME.
“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,” the board added.
“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.’
“In the meantime, the management of the Board, after considering the weighty infraction committed by Ms. Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, and in line with its established procedures, has withdrawn her 2023 UTME result and also barred her from sitting the Board’s examination for the next three years.”
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