Umeh Nkechinyere, the real 2023 top scorer in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, and Ejikeme Mmesoma, who fraudulently paraded herself as the top scorer in the same examination are both from schools in Anambra State .
Umeh, 16, was declared the top scorer by the
board during its 2023 policy meeting, which was held in Abuja on Saturday, June
24, 2023, with an aggregate score of 360.
Recall that while Umeh was celebrated by JAMB
for being the top scorer, the board chided Ejikeme for parading herself as the
top scorer.
In a statement on Sunday evening, the board
noted that Ejikeme manually inflated her UTME result from 249 to 362 and used
her manually inflated score to attract a N3 million scholarship from Innoson
Motors, which was set to be awarded by the Anambra State government before she
was exposed.
“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 (Dr.) 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.
“She had manipulated her UTME result to
deceive the public to fraudulently obtain a scholarship and other
recognitions,” a statement by JAMB said.
Ejikeme will be prosecuted and have her
original result withdrawn by the board.
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