The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced on Tuesday morning that it has imposed a three-year ban on Mmesoma Ejikeme, a candidate from Anambra State, for allegedly forging her UTME results.
According to a statement released by JAMB spokesperson Fabian Benjamin, it was revealed that Mmesoma was the only candidate among those who sat for the 2023 UTME who presented an “obsolete” notification slip. The Board clarified that Mmesoma had falsified a copy of a result slip belonging to a candidate named “Asimiyu Mariam Omobolanle,” who had taken the UTME in 2021 and scored 138.
The statement further emphasised that Mmesoma inadvertently disclosed the true owner of the result slip when she pointed out that the QR code on the slip displayed the actual owner’s information. The Board urged the public to scan the QR code to confirm the original owner of the result before it was manipulated. The QR code contains the UTME result of each candidate, and the information on the result sheet is based solely on this code.
Additionally, JAMB clarified that it had discontinued the issuance of Notification of Result slips after the 2021 UTME due to instances of candidates falsifying them. Instead, the Board has been issuing actual UTME RESULT Slips since 2022, which include the candidate’s photograph.
Highlighting the uniqueness of Mmesoma’s case, JAMB stated, “Out of all the candidates who sat for the 2023 UTME, only Ms. Ejikeme Mmesoma presented the obsolete ‘Notification of Result.'”
The statement reads in part:
“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.
“To witness the unassailable position of the Board regarding this obvious falsehood, the general public is, therefore, urged to endeavour 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.
“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.
“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.”
It is worth recalling that Mmesoma recently appeared in a viral video expressing distress over JAMB’s allegations of forgery regarding her UTME results. She denied the forgery accusations, asserting that she had printed the results from the JAMB Portal.
Mmesoma questioned whether she had also forged the JAMB text message she received, which corroborated the results she subsequently printed.
She said, “I don’t understand them saying I forged the result.”
There must be somebody older than her who is an accomplished
Jamb should not make this girl a scape goat for their inadequacy. She should be made to write the Jamb again and see if she will not prove them wrong.
The 3 year ban is too harsh for such a young girl. It will destroy her self esteem. She should be pardoned and allowed to retake the exam next cycle
That’s what a San body like jamb or waec should do not subjecting a minor to mental degredation
Pls pity her, lets her repeat by next sitting but should be mornitor
Are you guys okay?
Why not conduct proper investigation into the matter?
Do you know the trauma you guys are causing this teenager?
Even if at the end of the day, it was falsified, somebody, an adult must have done it.
At the moment, I doubt she has such intellectual capacity to do it.
We have so many irresponsible adults manning our offices.
Too harsh and too hasty. More in-depth investigation should be conducted. Meanwhile, JAMB should disclose her authentic result, please.
Na craze de worry JAMB.
Jamb or whatever you call yourself, do not frustrate the future of this little girl.
You are not ashamed of speaking this rubbish.
Mmesoma should take this stupid jamb to court.
So, what’s her actual JAMB score?
Or are they trying to say she didn’t seat for the exam?
They do not have the right. It’s a court that can decide that after they have established beyond all reasonable doubt that she truly forged the result.
Jamb is jumping the gun and by that insinuating that they have something in their cupboards in this case.
JAMB should work on how to bring down the App on playStore that gives fake results. I used the fake App this morning and it gave me good results but when the QR code is scanned it brought out another name with bad score.
The Enugu girl should expose those that introduced her to such heinous crime.
When has JAMB become a court of law to determine punishment for a case they have not proven beyond reasonable doubt. This hurry on the side of JAMB is pointing to something more than they are telling us.
Of all the thousand of students that wrote jamb only one person falsify her result. How? Jamb should come clean on this. Someone in their caucus wanna tarnish this girl’s image& tribe.
Shame on jamb
If forging another person’s result with the QR code will implicate her, a girl with the mindset as Jamb paints it will rather duplicate her result with an exact QR code order than do it with someone else
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I think JAMB have mainframe and accossories to verify results and performances of candidates.
This girl should not be traumatised and discouraged against her studies.
Jamb Registra is very confused.He is intelligently hiding his errors because he has an advantage in the case.
This is bad,what if Jamb is actually the one at fault here?what if this girl is being punished for offence she didn’t committ,one thing is sure no matter how a lie may run truth will always catch up with it