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Chibueze Aniekwe
2 weeks ago
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Three-year ban imposed on Anambra student Ejikeme Mmesoma, by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board is due to expire this July, making her eligible once again to sit the UTME.
Ejikeme Mmesoma's three-year JAMB ban over the 2023 UTME result forgery scandal expires this July, making her eligible to register for the exam again. Here's what happened and where things stand now. She was banned in 2023 after an Anambra panel confirmed she manipulated her UTME score from 249 to 362.
JAMB withdrew the forged result, while Innoson revoked her scholarship and the Anambra Government ordered counselling. The case remains one of Nigeria's biggest examination fraud controversies and is still cited in discussions about academic integrity. Three years after one of Nigeria's biggest JAMB controversies, Ejikeme Mmesoma is now set to become eligible to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) again as the three-year ban placed on her by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) expires this July. If she chooses to continue her education, she can now register for another UTME after serving the sanction imposed over the 2023 result forgery scandal that sparked conversations across Nigeria.
The controversy started in July 2023 when Mmesoma, an Anambra student, announced that she scored 362 in the UTME, a score that would have placed her among the highest-scoring candidates in the country. At first, many Nigerians believed her after she accused JAMB of refusing to recognise her result. The story quickly gained attention online, with many people questioning the examination body. But things changed after JAMB insisted that the score was fake.
JAMB enforced a strict three-year suspension following findings from an independent state panel that confirmed Mmesoma had altered her original score of 249.
According to the board, Mmesoma's real UTME score was 249, not 362. JAMB also alleged that she altered her result using her mobile phone before printing the manipulated version at a cybercafé.
More: https://www.pulse.ng/story/after-three-years-of-go-and-sit-down-mmesoma-can-finally-write-jamb-again-as-ban-expires-this-july-2026071012510624135
