The candidate at the centre of a UTME results forgery allegation, Mmesoma Ejikeme, has finally admitting scoring 249 in the 2023 UTME conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
Joy admitted while featuring on a ChannelsTV live programme on Wednesday.
Responding to the claim that the feedback from JAMB showed her score as 249, she agreed.
“Yes, 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,” She said.
The 19-year old Joy has been enmeshed in a forgery allegation for allegedly claiming to have scored 362 , announcing herself as the highest mark scorer in the 2023 UTME
Joy, however, said the three-year ban clamped on her by JAMB was “not fair”.
She claimed her “results notification” slip for the UTME showing a score of 362 out of 400 was printed from the JAMB results portal.
Her official score is 249.
On Tuesday, JAMB insisted that her result is “patently fake”, saying it had withdrawn her result and consequently barred her from writing the examination for the next three years.
Mmesoma, who appeared with her father Romanus said she should not be blamed for the controversy.
“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,” she said.
While appearing on the show earlier on Tuesday, JAMB spokesman Fabian Benjamin revealed its records indicated the candidate had sent a series of messages to the board’s automated telecoms system, including the results showing an aggregate of 362.
Responding, Mmesoma said the only SMS she sent to JAMB was through its support system; “That’s the only SMS I sent there.”
Asked if she got any feedback, she said, “they didn’t reply. If they check their JAMB Support System, they would see that I sent a text message. They didn’t reply.”
On the claim that she used an Airtel line, Mmesoma replied: “Yes,” but she added it was “not through USSD code”.
“The one I checked through the USSD code is the one of 360 (sic) that I saw,” she explained further. ((ChannelsTV/vitalnewsngr.com)
