JAMB slams three-year ban on candidate for allegedly falsifying results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has taken a firm stance against examination malpractice by imposing a three-year ban on a candidate, Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, accused of falsifying UTME results.
In a press statement released on Tuesday by its Acting Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB reiterated its assertion that the UTME result presented by Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma was fake.
The exam body also went ahead to show proofs why it insists the result presented by the candidate was fake.
“The Board would like to reassure Nigerians that its system was neither tampered with nor compromised as the candidate simply falsified a copy of a result slip of a candidate named ‘Asimiyu Mariam Omobolanle,’ who sat the UTME in 2021 and scored 138.
“The public is urged to endeavor to scan the QR code on the result slip to see its actual owner before it was mutilated. It is to be noted that the QR code encapsulates the UTME result of each candidate, hence, what is on the result sheet is nothing other than the interpretation of the information on this QR code.
“The public is also to note that the Board stopped issuing Notification of Result slips in 2021 for the simple reason that candidates were falsifying them. Consequently, the Board had resorted to issuing actual UTME RESULT Slip (not its notification) since 2022 complete with the photograph of candidates,” the statement said.
Addressing the uniqueness of Mmesoma’s claim, JAMB said: “The public is also invited to ponder on the fact that out of all the candidates that sat the 2023 UTME, only Ms. Ejikeme Mmesoma parades the obsolete ‘Notification of Result.’
“The Board remains unperturbed by this unfortunate development as this is not the first time such fraudulent claims have been made. As such, Nigerians are urged to recall numerous occasions where the Board was sued for billions of naira only for the lawyers to later apologize profusely for their clients’ misadventure.”
JAMB emphasized its commitment to thorough investigation.
“This case has, therefore, been rightly handed over to relevant security agencies for thorough investigation to unravel the masterminds of yet another unfortunate scam.
“The Board restates its readiness for genuine scrutiny as this case would not be the first time and might not even be the last of such shenanigans. At the end of the day, the truth would manifest, and the Board vindicated.
“In the meantime, the management of the Board, after considering the weighty infraction committed by Ms. Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, and in line with its established procedures, has withdrawn her 2023 UTME result and also barred her from sitting the Board’s examination for the next three years,” it stated.
