Niger Delta activist, Asari Dokubo, has turned his attention away from the ongoing controversy surrounding the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result of Mmesoma Ejikeme and has instead raised questions about the candidate’s age.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Dokubo expressed his curiosity about why Mmesoma took the JAMB exam at the age of 19, considering that his own children completed their secondary school education at ages 15 and 16 respectively.
The former militant leader suggested that Mmesoma’s age might have been altered before she sat for the UTME.
During a Facebook live session, Dokubo pondered why Mmesoma would claim to be 19 years old while writing JAMB, when his own children had finished school at much younger ages.
Dokubo stated, “I have examined the details of the young girl and it seems there is a possibility that her age was modified before she took the exam. Why would she be writing JAMB at 19 when my own children finished school at ages 15 and 16? I noticed the year 2004 in her details.”
He further added, “We are aware of these things, but we may choose not to speak about them. However, I feel compelled to speak up now because I am irritated by what some people are saying. Some people seem comfortable with obvious lies.”
The recent focus on Mmesoma’s age comes after she, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School in Nnewi, Anambra State, and JAMB made headlines earlier this week regarding her UTME result.
Mmesoma had initially insisted that she scored 362 in her UTME, but JAMB accused her of forging the result, maintaining that she actually scored 249.
Mmesoma has now admitted that she indeed scored 249.
