"What Happened to Me is Now Happening to My Daughter": Mmesoma Ejikeme's Father Speaks in Emotional Video

"What Happened to Me is Now Happening to My Daughter": Mmesoma Ejikeme's Father Speaks in Emotional Video

  • Romanus, the father of Mmesoma Ejikeme, said he was a great musician but had to stop because of several attacks
  • He disclosed that the attacks came after he won a singing competition in Oyo state in 1996, and he was advised to drop his musical career
  • Mmesoma's father said the same thing was happening to his daughter and warned that Nigeria should not be a talent killer

Nnewi, Anambra state - Romanus, the father of Mmesoma Ejikeme, said what happened to him in 1996 when he won a music competition in Oyo state is now happening to his daughter 27 years later.

In an interview with Channels Television, Romanus warned that Nigeria should not be a talent killer.

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Mmesoma Ejikeme's father says what happened to him in 1996 is now happening to his daughter. Photo Credit: Uche Nworah/Prof Is'haq O. Oloyede
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He said he bought a complete set of musical equipment for himself but could not continue after several attacks.

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Romanus said precisely what they did to him in 1996 is what is happening to Mmesoma.

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He accused the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) of working against Mmesoma to pull her down after her remarkable achievement in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Reacting to the falsification of the UTME result, Romanus said Mmesoma scored 362, and she got the result from the JAMB portal.

"She has been trending for over 2 months now and JAMB did not challenge her, It’s after 2 months and a week that they came up with another result.
"So, they are working against my daughter to pull her down with this new result that they came with now.
"Nigeria and the whole world should know the truth. JAMB worked against my daughter and at the same time accusing her."

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JAMB releases Mmesoma Ejikeme’s original UTME result, fresh details emerge

Legit.ng earlier reported that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has gone public with the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result slip of Ejikeme Mmesoma following the controversy surrounding her score.

JAMB’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, had on Sunday, July 2, accused Ejikeme of manually manipulating her UTME result to attract a N3 million scholarship from Innoson Motors.

“JAMB deliberately delayed”: Mmesoma’s father says new score is not his daughter's UTME result, gives update

Romanus, the father of Mmesoma Ejikeme, has accused the Joint Administration and Matriculation Board (JAMB) of awarding a wrong score to his daughter.

Ejikeme, who denied plans to seek redress in court, said the 249 that JAMB claimed his daughter scored is not Mmesoma’s result.

Source: Legit.ng

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