Mmesoma Joy Ejikeme has said that she realized that she scored 249 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), instead of the 362 she printed.
The 19-year-old claimed her “results notification” slip for the UTME showing a score of 362 out of 400 was printed from the JAMB results portal.
However, the board had argued that she is parading a forged result on a template it discontinued in 2021, that her official score is 249.
On Tuesday, JAMB insisted that her result is “patently f@ke”, saying it had withdrawn her result and consequently barred her from writing the examination for the next three years.
Appearing on the show on Channels TV Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, JAMB spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, revealed its records indicated the candidate had sent a series of messages to the board’s automated telecoms system, including the results showing an aggregate of 362.
However, Mmesoma, who appeared with her father Romanus on the Wednesday edition of Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, said she should not be blamed for the controversy.
“It’s not my fault that I printed my result like that and they said that I forged my result. It’s not my fault. So, them banning it is not fair,” she said.
Mmesoma said the only SMS she sent to JAMB was through its support system: “That’s the only SMS I sent there.”
Asked if she got any feedback, she said, “They didn’t reply. If they check their JAMB Support System, they would see that I sent a text message. They didn’t reply.”
On the claim that she used an Airtel line, Mmesoma replied: “Yes,” but she added it was “not through USSD code”.
“The one I checked through the USSD code is the one of 360 (sic) that I saw,” she explained further.
Responding to the claim that the feedback from JAMB showed her score as 249, she agreed.
“Yes,” she said. “After all said and done, I now saw that I got 249. I sent them a text message there to know what really happened — the JAMB Support System. If they go to their system, they will see it there.”
