The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has released the authentic result of the embattled candidate of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, in Anambra State, Mmesoma Ejikeme.
The authentic result released by JAMB showed that Mmesoma got 249.
Ejikeme had been paraded as the top scorer of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The student had claimed to have scored 362 but JAMB refuted her claim, stressing that she got 249.
Her claims had generated divergent views and controversy across Nigeria.
Speaking on the allegation on Monday in a video obtained by DAILY GIST, the student said she printed her result from JAMB portal.
Ejikeme noted that she was not capable of forging her result.
She said she had always been a brilliant pupil, who had secured first position from primary school days.
Mmesoma said she was invited to the police station where her statement was taken, and she was told that investigation was ongoing.
She said she felt traumatised by the incident, adding that, “there must be problem somewhere”.
However, the authentic result slip released by JAMB has Mmesoma’s portrait contrary to the result sheet she was parading.
Meanwhile, JAMB spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, said Mmesoma paraded an “obsolete” notification slip.
Amid the controversy generated, JAMB has barred the 19-year-old from sitting for the exam for the next three years.
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