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Breaking: JAMB Makes “Very Major Discovery" into Mmesoma Ejikeme’s UTME Score Controversy
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Breaking: JAMB Makes “Very Major Discovery" into Mmesoma Ejikeme’s UTME Score Controversy

by  Ridwan Adeola 2 min read
  • Nigeria's examination board, JAMB, has disclosed that it has made another major discovery into the Mmesoma Ejikeme Joy's case
  • Ejikeme had claimed to have scored 362 against 249, which the board recorded as her score in the 2023 UTME
  • JAMB's spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, said that the board is currently armed with every fact and evidence it needs to defend its integrity

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FCT, Abuja - The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has made a “very major discovery” into the case of Mmesoma Ejikeme Joy who it accused of forging her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result.

According to JAMB, Mmesoma is not being truthful with the public.

Mmesoma JAMB result/JAMB/JAMB result
JAMB has made a "major discovery" in the case involving Mmesoma Joy Ejikeme, according to the board's spokesman. Photo credits: Prof Is'haq O. Oloyede, Jamb official
Source: Facebook

Mmesoma: JAMB discovers all that happened

JAMB spokesperson Fabian Benjamin, who made a live appearance on The Punch’s Facebook Live, on Wednesday, July 5, spoke on the raging issue. The broadcast, which also featured Romanus Ejikeme, father of Mmesoma, was monitored by Legit.ng.

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The agency’s mouthpiece insisted that the 362-score result 19-year-old Mmesoma claimed she has on a ‘JAMB’ slip is not from the exams board.

“We are making further discovery. In fact, in the last 30 minutes, we made very [sic] major discovery into the issue. I wouldn’t want to go into details, but we have gotten everything we need to know for Nigerians to know what actually happened.”

He added:

“As I speak with you now, we have discovered everything that happened.”

JAMB releases Mmesoma Ejikeme’s "original" UTME result

In a piece of related news, Legit.ng reported that JAMB has gone public with the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result slip of Ejikeme Mmesoma following the controversy surrounding her score.

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

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JAMB/UTME result: Southeast Pastor shares prophecy about Mmesoma

Legit.ng also reported that an Anambra-based cleric, Prophet Dan Okechukwu Ezeudoka, predicted “extraordinary grace” for Mmesoma Ejikeme, a secondary school student in the state accused of manipulating her UTME result by JAMB.

Speaking to journalists in Nnewi, on Tuesday, July 4, the cleric asked Mmesoma not to panic about her current ordeal.

Source: Legit.ng

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Ridwan Adeola (Current Affairs Editor) Ridwan Adeola Yusuf is a content creator with more than nine years of experience, He is also a Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a Higher National Diploma in Mass Communication from the Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State (2014). Ridwan previously worked at Africa Check, contributing to fact-checking research works within the organisation. He is an active member of the Academic Excellence Initiative (AEI). In March 2024, Ridwan completed the full Google News Initiative Lab workshop and his effort was recognised with a Certificate of Completion. Email: ridwan.adeola@corp.legit.ng.

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