Ejikeme Mmesoma has expressed remorse to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for the allegedly forged UTME result she acquired.
Mmesoma spoke on Wednesday when she appeared before a House of Representatives ad hoc committee looking into the alleged result forgery.
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Top board directors and JAMB registrar Ishaq Oloyede also testified before the committee.
Ejikeme begged for the ban imposed on her to be revoked in exchange for some mercy.
“I feel a debt of pain for letting you down,” he said.
Before her appearance before the house ad hoc committee, an Anambra committee tasked with investigating the controversy had reported that the candidate admitted to faking her results.
In May, Mmesoma, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School in Nnewi, Anambra state, gained popularity after she was purported to have scored 362 in the 2023 UTME.
Although JAMB did not announce her as the overall best candidate, Mmesoma was widely celebrated.
Innocent Chukwuma, the automobile businessman, awarded the candidate a scholarship worth N3 million.
JAMB would later declare, contrary to Mmesoma’s claims, that the student scored 249, not 362.
The exam body said she faked the results to mislead the public, so a panel was tasked with probing the matter.
