Credit: Lagos City Reporters
The Committee set up by the Anambra state governor, Prof. Charles Soludo to investigate the circumstances surrounding the alleged forgery of a JAMB result by Mmesoma Joy Ejikeme has indicted the suspect of manipulating her examination score result.
In an 8-page report submitted after its findings, the committee said it discovered that the suspect changed her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, result after she openly confessed to doing so.
Mmesoma who had been the center of controversy, had said she scored a total of 362 in the examination, contrary to the real score sent to her by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB.
Below is the Committee report:
7th July 2023
Prof. C.C Soludo, Governor, Anambra State.
Mr. Governor,
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON EJIKEME JOY MMESOMA’S JAMB SCORE CONTROVERSY
Recall, Mr. Governor, that with the recent release of scores of candidates who applied for admission by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), and the subsequent announcement of Nkechiyer Umeh as the candidate with the highest score of 360, Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, a 19-year-old student of Anglican Girls’ Secondary School, Uruagu Nnewi, from Enugu State, protested to the State Government that she scored 362 and ought to have been so recognized. This has elicited interest and generated serious controversy and misgivings among the general public that the State Government in its wisdom decided to constitute a Committee of Inquiry to look into the under-listed terms of reference:
I. Review Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma’s JAMB Results and associated documents
Conduct interviews with relevant parties, including Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, JAMB Officials, and any other individual(s) involved in the malpractice.
II. Provide recommendations based on the findings of the investigation.
The Committee invited Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, the Principal of Anglican Girls’ Secondary School, and officials of JAMB for an interactive session with the Committee. JAMB officials led by Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the Head of Public Affairs presented the detailed processes and procedures involved in JAMB admissions, the policy changes that have occurred in the release of UTME scores since 2021, and what specifically transpired between the candidate – Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma with registration number: 20230639047FF in her quest to obtain her JAMB score.
JAMB revealed the different times that Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma made several requests to the JAMB portal asking for her results at different hours, and each of these times (four in number), she received in her phone, the same results from JAMB indicating the candidate’s UTME Results: Eng: 64, Phy:54, Bio: 74, Che: 57 with a total aggregate score of 249. JAMB disclosed that the candidate was well informed of her correct score from JAMB. Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma had sent a request to JAMB with a different registration number showing a UTM E result of an aggregate score of 362, with Eng: 98, Phy: 89, Bio: 94, and Che: 81. The results she sent differed substantially from the standard JAMB format where she got an appropriate rebuttal stating her real score of 249.
Besides, several red flags were also highlighted by JAMB officials showing different date of birth, different Registration Number, and Notification of results template that has been discarded since 2021, amongst others. It was also evident that even the center name “Nkemefuna Foundation (Thomas Chidoka Centre for Human Development as it was known before now) used for the examination was also manipulated where the candidate used the old name of the center (Thomas Chidoka Centre for Human Development) in her own manipulated result sheet.
In Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma’s submission, she owned up in the presence of her principal, and the Education Secretary that the narration by the JAMB officials was a true and correct description of what transpired. She also admitted to having given a manipulated result by herself unaided, using the same phone Airtel Number. According to her, she proceeded to the cybercafe (Prisca Global Computers, Uruagu, Nnewi) where she printed the results she had manipulated.
The Committee tried to find out the motive behind her action, but Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma said NOTHING. In their submissions, the Principal of Anglican Girls’ Secondary School, Uruagu Nnewi, and the Education Secretary – Diocese of Nnewi (Anglican Communion) expressed shock at what transpired where in their presence, Mmesoma admitted having manipulated her UTME results, deceiving the school, her immediate family and the State Government.
COMMITTEE’S FINDINGS
The results released by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) concerning the UTME score of Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma are 249.
The results paraded by Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma with an aggregate score of 362 are fake as buttressed by the very significant and instructive variations in the registration number, date of birth, center name, and other
Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma admitted that she manipulated the fake results herself. The Principal of Anglican Girls’ Secondary School – Mrs. Edu Uche and the Education Secretary, of the Diocese of Nnewi (Anglican Communion) expressed dismay at the conduct of Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma.
RECOMMENDATIONS
That Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma tenders an unreserved written apology to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the School (Anglican Girls’ Secondary School, Uruagu Nnewi), and the Anambra State Government. This should be done immediately.
Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma should undergo psychological counseling and therapy.
All prospective candidates for JAMB admission should adhere strictly to the guidelines processes and procedures of the examination body.
CONCLUSION
The Committee of Inquiry commends Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for their diligent handling of the matter and the information supplied about the interface with the candidate (see attached). We hope that this unearthing of the truth as we have discovered will go a long way in correcting the sentiments, misconceptions, and deceptions that have been in the public domain.
Finally, we thank Mr. Governor for setting up this Committee, and, for the confidence reposed in the committee.
Initial Evidence below:
Al QR and BAR Code Information in the presented result. 11231597AC. Asimiyu Mariam Bolanle Score 138.
A2 Number Portal (Latest information at the top, earliest at the bottom) 2349042181632
Request:
UTME RESULT
Response:
Dear Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, Reg Number: 202330639047FF. Your 2023 UTME Result: ENG: 64, PHY: 54, BIO: 74, CHE: 57, Aggregate: 249
Response Error:
Ok
Network: airtel
Time Requested:
2023-06-25 15:04:23.104
Time Responded:
2023-06-25 15:04:23.675
Request:
UTME
Response:
The wrong Planimeter 2349042181632 Passed. Send HELP 10 55019 or 66019.
Response Error:
Ok
Network: airtel
Time Requested:
2023-05-09 00:11:36.390
Time Responded:
2023-05-09 00:11:37.140
Request:
Dear Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, Reg Number: 202330639047EE. Your 2023 UTME Result: ENG: 98 PHY: 89 BIO: 94 CHE: 81 Aggregate: 362.
Response:
Dear Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, Reg Number: 202330639047FF. Your 2023 UTME Result: ENG: 64, PHY: 54, 810: 74, CHE: 57, Aggregate: 249.
Response Error:
Ok
Network: airtel
Time Requested:
2023-05-04 12:20:50.373
Time Responded:
2023-05-04 12:20:50.887
Request:
Utme result
Response:
Dear Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, Reg Number: 202330639047FF. Your 2023 UTME Result ENG: 64, PHY: 54, BIO: 74, CHE: 57, Aggregate: 249.
Response Error:
Ok
Network: airtel
Time Requested:
2023-05-04 10:37:01.982
Time Responded:
2023-05-04 10:37:02.536
Request:
Utme result
Response:
Dear Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, Reg Number: 202330639047FF. Your 2023 UTME Result is not released yet.
Response Error:
Ok
Network: airtel
Time Requested:
2023-04-30 15:12:10.669
Time Responded:
2023-04-30 IS:12:11.274
Request:
NIN 24980760479
Response:
Dear Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma. Your Profile Code: 1449245855 and NIN: 24980760479. Visit www.jamb.gov.ng, Quick Links, then lBASS for Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma.
Response Error:
Ok
Network: airtel
Time Requested:
2023-02-01 13:10:33.618
Time Responded:
2023-02·0113:10:34.89
Request:
NIN 24980760479
Response:
No record was found. Send an email with NIN and Name to nimc jamb2023@nimc.gov.ng, Then try again in 4 hours.
Response Error:
Ok
Network: airtel
Time Requested:
2023-01-28 09:47:45.917
Time Responded:
2023-01-28 09:47:46.721
Request:
24980760479
Response:
Wrong Parameter 2349042181632 Passed. Send HELP to 55019 or 66019
Response Error:
Ok
Network: airtel
Time requested:
2023-01-28 09:16:08.731
Time responded:
2023-01-28 09:16:09.302
Request:
NIN 24980760479
Response:
No record was found. Send email with NIN and Name to nimc jamb2021@nimc.gov.ng. Then try again in 4 hours.
Response Error:
Ok
Network: airtel
Time Requested:
2023-01-25 09:17:09.7
Time Responded:
2023-01-25 09:17: I0.157
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