The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says its attention has been drawn to several publications in both print and online media celebrating certain candidates for being high scorers in the 2023 UTME.
The Board in a statement by the Head of Public Relations, Dr Fabian Benjamin says the results which candidates are parading are fake.
It notes that in many instances, some candidates had actually obtained far lower scores than they are claiming and had used some funny software packages to manipulate their results to deceive unsuspecting members of the public.
According to the statement, the most pathetic of them all is the case of Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, who claimed to have scored 362 in the 2023 UTME and was awarded a N3m scholarship by Chief Innocent Chukwuma.
‘’She was even set to be honoured by the Anambra State Government when one of its top officials put a call through to JAMB to confirm her claim only for the Board to reveal that Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma had actually scored 249 and not 362 she claimed”. Dr Benjamin stated.
She had manipulated her UTME result to deceive the public to fraudulently obtain scholarship and other recognitions.
Dr Benjamin explained that a similar case was that of one Atung Gerald in Kaduna, who claimed to have scored 380, and his ethnic group had taken the issue up requesting that he should be given special recognition.
However, the Board stated that Atung never obtain the 2023 UTME application documents not to talk of sitting the examination.
The Board advises the public to always cross check claims by candidates with the Board before rushing to honour them with undeserving awards.
He noted that certain software have created fake version of their results and put same out in the public space for fun and these candidates are using it to defraud good-spirited Nigerians such as Dr. Innocent, the founder of Innoson Motors.
JAMB commended the likes of Dr. Innocent Chukwuma and wish to encourage other Nigerians, who desire to invest in the future of genuine youngsters, never to be discouraged.
He advised them to always ensure that they get the authentic results from the Board as done by the Anambra State Ministry of Education.
JAMB noted that Miss Mmesoma had sent a message to the Board’s platform to request her UTME result after which she manually inflated her scores and pasted same on the 2022 UTME result sheet.
Unknown to her, the Board had changed the design of the 2023 UTME result sheet. Her original result remains 249.
Miss Mmesoma would be prosecuted and her original result withdrawn.
This Board would, in due course, investigate all candidates laying claims to higher scores than they actually obtained.
Once discovered, such candidates’ original results would be withdrawn forthwith and they would be handed over to relevant security agencies for prosecution.
RN
