By Arowoogun Abiola Ade-Ire (www.afirika.com.ng)
The fake result scandal involving the 16-year old Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma from Anambra State seems to have taken a tribal twist as Gauis Chibueze, a Fintech Guru accuses JAMB of tribal assault against the young Igbo girl. He posited that the assault on Ejikeme in the scandal is not just an assault on her but on the entire Igbo race. The statement released via his official twitter handle reads "We are calling on @JAMBHQ to desist from such unprofessional behavior. "This is not just an attack on her person but the entire Igbo race!". He further says "We are calling on @JAMBHQ to desist from such unprofessional behavior.
Furthermore, on the backdrop of the claim that Ejikeme and the whole Igbo race are been allegedly slighted by JAMB’s action, Gauis Chibueze has declared the readiness to offer the young girl a scholarship to study in any university of her choice in the UK, US or CANADA. According to him, the offer covers the girl up to masters level. He says "I and our company @VoiceOfTheEast are ready to offer Miss Joy Mmesoma a 100% scholarship to study in the UK, CANADA or the UNITED states of America. "Our team will work with her to get admission From any university of her choice in any of the above 3 countries. "We will take 100% charge of her Fees and upkeep until her masters level”. He declares.
You will recall that JAMB’s Spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin in a recent statement had accused Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma of falsifying her JAMB result. Backing the Spokesperson, the Board’s Registrar, Professor Isiaq Oloyede on Monday 3rd July while speaking to Premium Times Correspondent confirmed the board’s alleged result falsification by Ejikeme. He explains that “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”. He further explains that“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.”
Meanwhile, earlier today 4th July in another recent reaction following series of outcries from Ejikeme’s family and other members of the public, Professor Oloyede made known to Voice of Nigeria Education Correspondent in Windhoek, Namibia while speaking on Fake Jamb High Scorers deceiving good spirited Nigerians: the case of Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma & Dr Innocent Chukwuma that the allegation based on evidences. He explained that any further investigation on the Ejikeme’s result falsification saga will reveal that the result is a forgery and a careless forgery.
He added that the board discovered the irregularities through it changed pattern and improved facilities this year in the conduct of the exams and the features of it’s UTME results for year 2023.
“The truth is that JAMB has concluded investigation on mmesoma’s score falsification matter, she was not the only one caught just that others have chosen not to go out,” Professor Oloyedesaid.
“Presently there is an industry faking results and unfortunately they cannot penetrate jamb system reasons being that Jamb system is full proofed and we will prove it any time. It is unfortunate that parents and some of the candidates that are being fooled are not aware that they are only been fooled.
“There is internal evidence to show that the change in Ejikeme’s scores was done with her collaboration. There are certain features pertaining to her that only her knows unless she makes it available to somebody else, they couldn’t have increased her scores on her behalf.”
The Registrar further disclosed that he earlier spoke with Mrs Oby Ezekwesili on Ejikeme’s matter, and told her that it was a high level scam.
“We improved on our facilities this year so Ejikeme and her collaborators were still living in the past ,I spoke with Mrs Ezekwesili on the matter and I told her that it is a high level scam and I told her that it was a careless forgery.
“Because we are no longer using some of the things they used in changing that results since 2021 ,we used that pattern in 2021 and you saw what happened and many of such individuals were caught as well and they were treated accordingly“
The statement further called on the public to ponder on “the fact” that out of all the candidates that sat for the 2023 UTME, only Ms. Ejikeme Mmesoma parades the obsolete ‘Notification of Result.’
He then recalled a similar case in 2021 when the board was confronted with an individual who sued the organisation for N2b. He further revealed that the Human Rights Commission, Federal Character commission and many lawyers who were involved in the case all apologized over the case of 2021 in the end.
Meanwhile, when he was asked of his reaction on the three-year ban on Ejikeme, he declined further comment and said the board is not speaking further on that.
The statement by Professor Isiaq Oloyede in which some Igbo elites were mentioned must have caused Gauis Chibueze’s feeling of tribal assault against the Igbos.