The Innoson Group has called on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to conduct a full investigation into the allegations of certificate forgery against Mmesoma Ejikeme.
Ejikeme was the top scorer of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. This eventually earned her a N3 million scholarship from Innoson Motors.
Additionally, the candidate was set to be honoured by the Anambra State government.
However, the board has alleged that she manually inflated her result. As a result of this, JAMB says it would withdraw her result.
“The most pathetic of them all is the case of Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, who claimed to have scored 362 in the 2023 UTME and was awarded an N3m scholarship by Chief (Dr.) Innocent Chukwuma.
“She was even set to be honoured by the Anambra State Government when one of its top officials put a call through to JAMB to confirm her claim only for the Board to reveal that Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma had scored 249 and not 362 she claimed.
“She had manipulated her UTME result to deceive the public to fraudulently obtain a scholarship and other recognitions,” JAMB said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Mr Cornel Osigwe, Head of Corporate Communications, Innoson Group, claimed that there is more to the story, insisting that a proper investigation should be conducted.
He wrote: “The girl I met doesn’t have the brain and capacity to manipulate her result. There is more to this story. A proper investigation needs to be done. Abeg let the poor breath.
“That girl was one of the most brilliant in her school, according to the Principal, her parents couldn’t even afford to pay for her WAEC and NECO Exams. Of what advantage will it offer her to manipulate her JAMB score? Let the poor breathe pls.”
