Ejikeme Mmesoma has officially apologised to the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB for manipulating her UTME scores. In a video shared on Twitter by TheCable, Mmesoma admitted that what she did was wrong and pleaded for forgiveness. Ejikeme started making headlines after she claimed to have scored 362 in her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination, UTME. However, upon investigations, JAMB debunked the news, insisting that Mmesoma did not score 362 but 249. The body accused her of manipulating the result. This was found to be true by the Anambra state government and she was asked to apologise to JAMB. In the latest video, Mmesoma was seen reading her letter of apology in the full glare of cameras. Her words: “I have already admitted that what I did was wrong. I apologise for all the apportioned blame. and all the pain I have caused. Ignorance played a role in my action. This is the first time in my life and academic studies that I will be accused of any form of misbehaviour. It is not in my character and personality. Therefore, I plead for leniency.” Watch the video below: Anambra pupil Ejikeme Mmesoma apologises to JAMB over forgery of UTME result Mmesoma spoke on Wednesday when she appeared before an ad hoc committee of the house of representatives investigating the alleged forgery of result. pic.twitter.com/U2oI95mYhx — TheCable (@thecableng) July 19, 2023 @damola_ade77 reacted: “I hope everyone that is caught forging JAMB score will get this same kind of treatment moving forward. Apologise and get 3-year band. No more jail term.”
A photo of Charly Boy. Photo Credit: @areafada1 Source: Twitter The saga began with the release of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) scores, which initially declared Nkechiyere Umeh as the candidate with the highest score of 360. However, Mmesoma, a 19-year-old student of Anglican Girls’ Secondary School, Uruagu Nnewi, contested this result, claiming she had scored 362. In response, the Anambra State government established a committee to investigate her claims. The committee’s findings revealed that Mmesoma had indeed manipulated her exam results, a fact she admitted during the investigation. This revelation sparked reactions from various quarters, including Charly Boy, who wasted no time in drawing a connection between Mmesoma’s actions and the influence of political leaders on society. Expressing his astonishment, Charly Boy acknowledged that Mmesoma had succeeded in deceiving many people, including himself, with her fluent defense and apparent innocence. He also emphasized the need for restraint in passing judgment, suggesting that Mmesoma was still a talented individual who required guidance and counseling from her parents. He wrote; “Mmesoma Ejikeme fooled many including me, checkout the fluency with which she defended herself with such innocence. These children na wa, ooo. She is still a brilliant girl so let’s not be in a hurry to destroy her, the parents have a lot of counselling to do with her. By the way, who never fuckup, raise ur hand. She learn work from leaders that believed that forgery is good plus those who never found their weac result till date. Am sure she was in dis Naija as INEC was manipulating Nigeria electoral process.” 
This is coming shortly after the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) revealed ways in which candidates inflate their 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. The examination body disclosed that candidates and their alleged sponsors defraud Nigerians with the claims that they had excellent results or got the highest score in the UTME using a particular software. JAMB made reference to Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, who claimed to have scored 362, and Atung Gerald from Kaduna state, who claimed to have scored 380 in the UTME, but had neither obtained the 2023 UTME application documents nor participated in the examination. 
