UTME scores controversy: JAMB reacts to Miss Ejikeme allegations

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reacted to allegations by Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma that her UTME result was substituted by the examination body.

Recall that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) had withdrawn the result of Ejikeme Mmesoma for manually inflating her result and announcing herself as the top scorer for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

Following the controversy this allegation raised, Ejikeme Mmesoma, in a video said she couldn’t have been able to manipulate her score.

She added that she is traumatized and was shocked to see that after scanning the QR code on her result, the name on it has been changed to a Yoruba name.

She said she had always been a brilliant pupil, who had secured first position from primary school days.

However, in a statement issued by JAMB and signed by Fabian Benjamin, Ph.D, Ag. Director, PAP, the body insisted that being paraded by Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma is patently fake.

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It reassured 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.

“The Board is not averse to public scrutiny and is ready for open public sessions involving the agencies listed above as well as relevant security agencies where the candidate, parent’s guardian and her legal team will be present.