Mmesoma Ejike, a controversial UTME candidate, has admitted to fabricating her results to a committee established by the Anambra state government to look into the matter.
In the 2023 UTME, Mmesoma, a student at the Anglican Girls Secondary School in Nnewi, Anambra state, claimed to have received a score of 362.
Mmesoma was greatly praised even though JAMB did not name her as the overall top candidate.
As a result, Innocent Chukwuma, the founder of Innoson, gave the applicant a scholarship worth N3 million.
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) would later declare that the student scored 249, not 362.
JAMB reaffirmed that she faked her results to mislead the public, so a panel was tasked with probing the matter.
A report on the Anambra-constituted panel’s investigation has now concluded that Mmesoma faked the results.
“The results paraded by Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma with an aggregate score of 362 are fake as buttressed by significant variations in the registration number, date of birth, center name, and other infractions,” the panel wrote.
“Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma admitted that she manipulated the fake results herself, using her phone.