The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the body responsible for the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Is-haq Oloyede, has opened up on the controversies surrounding the alleged fake result being claimed a candidate who sat the 2023 examination, Ejikeme Mmesoma.
This is as the candidate in a viral video has insisted that the controversial score of 362 claimed by her was printed from the examination body’s website.
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But Oloyede, who spoked to Premium Times, said investigations by his agency revealed that the accused candidate “was either duped or she is a member of a high-level syndicate engaging in manufacturing fake UTME results.”
Since the release of the results of the 2023 UTME by JAMB, many candidates, including Miss Mmesoma, have been claiming the highest score in the examination.
Miss Mmsesoma, a female indigene of Enugu State who resides in Nnewi, Anambra State, and attends Anglican Girls Secondary School (AGSS) Nnewi, claimed she scored 362 in the examination.
She said she scored 98 in English Language, 89 in Physics, 94 in Biology and 81 in Chemistry, totalling 362 of the 400 obtainable marks.
The ‘feat’ had earned her accolades from many Nigerians, including the government of Anambra State and the founder of Innoson Vehicles, Innocent Chukwuma, who promised her a N3 million scholarship.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, JAMB disclaimed the result being claimed by Miss Mmesoma.
In a statement issued by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, the examination body said Miss Mmesoma’s actual score on the test was 249 and not the 362 she claimed to have scored.
In a video circulating on social media platforms on Monday, the candidate insisted that the document showing her purported 362 was printed from the JAMB website, claiming it is authentic.
She added that the board’s accusation had left her traumatised.
“I am the owner of this result. I went to the JAMB portal to print this result. And this is what they gave me. This is exactly how I downloaded it from that site,” she said.
Speaking on the matter on Monday evening, JAMB registrar, Mr Oloyede, insisted that the document being displayed by Miss Mmesoma “belongs to another candidate who sat the examination two years ago.”
He said: “If you scan the code, the candidate’s result will show. So I can say emphatically that the girl is parading a fake result. It is either she is being duped, or she is part of a syndicate manufacturing purported JAMB results.
“There are security features on our results, so I can emphasise that the girl is just trying to deceive the public. Her result is completely fake. Her claim that she printed the result from our site is a lie, totally incorrect. If we should reveal all that we know, people will be shocked. So if people are looking for shortcuts to achieve an end, that is what would happen.”
JAMB said the matter has nothing to do with its system, saying nobody hacked into its system and that the result did not emanate from its system.
“The result she is holding is completely fake because we are able to track everything printed from our system.”
He said: “Some of them even tried to call me to record my voice so they can clone it, to prove that I already confirmed the girl’s result as authentic. They didn’t know that I was already aware of their game. It is a high-level involvement with many people. It is a complete scam, and we have handed over the girl to the security operatives, but she is on bail.”
