By Miracle Ogunde
In a new twist to the controversy surrounding the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Result, (UTME) of an Anambra canfidate, Ejikeme Mmesoma who was alleged to have forged her result, the student has now admitted that she was graded to have scored 249 by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and not 362.
Speaking while featuring on Channels Television programme, Sunrise Daily, on Wednesday, Mmesoma insisted that she did not forge the result, stating that she printed the result that way directly from JAMB’s website.
“It’s not my fault that I printed my result like that and they said that I forged my result. It’s not my fault. So, them banning it is not fair,” Mmesoma said
The candidate further said she sent an SMS to JAMB through its support system but got no response.
“That’s the only SMS I sent there. They didn’t reply. If they check their JAMB Support System, they would see that I sent a text message. They didn’t reply.
“After all said and done, I now saw that I got 249. I sent them a text message there to know what really happened — the JAMB Support System. If they go to their system, they will see it there.”
JAMB had in a statement released by its spokesman, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, on Sunday, accused the student of forging her result, while Mmesoma maintained that she scored 362 out of the total mark of 400.
The spokesperson added that JAMB’s record indicated the candidate had sent a series of messages to the board’s automated telecoms system, including the results showing an aggregate of 362.
This, however, promoted the board to slam a three-year ban on the candidate, but she argued that she ought not to be blamed for the controversy.
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives has stated that it would set up an Adhoc Committee to investigate allegations of manipulation of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result levelled against Ejikeme Mmesoma by the Joint Admission And Matriculation Board (JAMB).
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