Father of the Anambra student Mmesoma Ejikeme, who recently admitted to forging the results of her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, Romanus Ejikeme, claims that his daughter didn’t immediately disclose her “crime” to him.
Additionally, Romanus begged the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board and all Nigerians to pardon his daughter.
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Mmesoma was accused by JAMB last Sunday of deliberately inflating her 2023 UTME score from 249 to 362. The troubled kid had gone ahead and applied for an Innoson scholarship, which has already been revoked.
Despite multiple pleas by the Board, Mmesoma insisted her result was not forged and noted that she printed her result from the website of JAMB.
Following her insistence, the Board slammed a three-year ban on her with the House of Representatives calling for a stay of action.
Speaking in an interview with the Nigeria Television Authority, Mr. Ejikeme said, “My daughter didn’t open up to me on time. When I realised the mistake she did, I blamed her a lot but I’m still apologising to JAMB and Nigerians to pardon her.”
Many Nigerians who had earlier shown support for her began to withdraw support while others have started tendering unreserved apologies to the Board following her confession.
A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has pleaded that she be sent for counselling with another former minister, Osita Chidoka who is the owner of the center where Mmesoma sat her UTME calling for a pardon for the candidate.
