DISGRACED 19-year-old student of Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi, Anambra State,
Mmesoma Ejikeme has apologized to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) over the forgery of her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result.
Mmesoma tendered the apology earlier today when she appeared before an ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives investigating the forgery of the result.
Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB registrar, and top directors of the board also appeared before the committee
Mmesoma pleaded for leniency for the ban imposed on her to be lifted.
“I feel a debt of pain for letting you down,” she said.
Before her appearance before the committee, an Anambra State government-constituted committee tasked with investigating the controversy had reported that the candidate admitted to faking her results.
It will be recalled that in May, Mmesoma, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School in Nnewi, Anambra State, gained popularity following her claim of scoring 362 in the 2023 UTME.
Although JAMB did not announce her as the overall best candidate, Mmesoma was widely celebrated.
Rewarded For Falsehood
Innocent Chukwuma, the automobile businessman, quickly awarded the candidate a scholarship worth N3 million without consulting with JAMB.
JAMB later declare, contrary to Mmesoma’s claims, that the student scored 249, not 362.
The examination body said she faked the results to mislead the public. Hence a panel was tasked with probing the matter.
The panel of inquiry said Mmesoma was expected to tender a written apology to JAMB, the Anglican Girls Secondary, and the Anambra State government.
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