Exclusive: “Ejikeme Joy May Not Have Been Original Initiator”: JAMB Gives Update on Fake Result Scandal
- The teenage girl exposed for faking her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result is up for prosecution
- This development was confirmed by Benjamin Fabian, the spokesperson for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)
- He told Legit.ng that the examination board suspects that the teenager might not be the direct perpetrator of the crime
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FCT, Abuja - The spokesperson of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Dr Benjamin Fabian, has revealed that the embattled Ejikeme Mmesoma Joy accused of faking her UTME result, will be prosecuted in a court of law.
Fabian spoke to Legit.ng's Abuja correspondent on Monday, July 3, noting that the matter had been escalated to the appropriate security agency where she's currently profiled.
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He said:
"She's actually a minor; that's another challenge, but as we speak, the security agency are profiling her."
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Meanwhile, Fabian noted that the teenage Ejikeme might not have perpetrated the crime, but some persons are trying to take advantage of the situation.
He said:
"...What we know is that we suspect she may not have been the original initiator of this issue. Some people are somewhere doing all those things to take advantage of the situation."
JAMB to take legal actions against teenage girl
When asked if the case was officially reported to the security agency, he revealed that the teenage Ejikeme was arrested and released on bail.
He stated that legal actions would be taken as she was not the only person that would have committed the crime, as a similar incident happened in Kaduna state where a candidate was exposed for faking his result despite not sitting for the examination.
He said:
"There was one in Kaduna that one didn't even write the exam. He just came up with one slip and then put scores and said he scored 380."
Ejikeme Mmesoma: JAMB reveals how fake 2023 UTME top scorer who received N3m from Innoson Motors was exposed
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) had revealed the identity of the 2023 UTME fake top scorer.
JAMB spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, said Ejikeme Mmesoma is not the 2023 UTME top scorer.
According to Benjamin, Ejikeme manually manipulated her UTME result from 249 to 362 to get a N3 million scholarship from Innoson Motors.
Source: Legit.ng
