Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has directed that Miss Mmesomma Ejikeme, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi, who recently confessed to have forged her JAMB score be handed over to the State Guidance Counselor.
In a letter to the Principal of Anglican Girls Secondary School Nnewi, Soludo directed the immediate commencement of psychological counseling and therapy sessions for Mmesomma.
The student had on Thursday 6th July 2023 admitted that she manipulated her JAMB results to arrive at 362, which was the highest in the country.
Owing to this, in the letter signed by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, Soludo directed the handing over of Mmesoma to a Professor of Clinical Psychology.
Chuma-Udeh said: “The directive is in line with one of the recommendations of the Committee set up by Anambra State Government to investigate the matter, following the parading of the fake results which elicited interests and generated controversy and misgivings.”
Miss Ejikeme had claimed to have scored 362 against her authentic score of 249, prompting JAMB to issue a statement disclaiming the result.
Despite JAMB’s position, the 19-year-old went on social media to display the result, and had insisted that she never tampered with her result. This forced the Anambra State Government to set up a panel to probe the development.
But while appearing before the panel, Ejikeme, according to the panel’s report made available to journalists, had admitted falsifying the result without the knowledge and assistance of anybody.
In an eight-page report, the panel had said it discovered that the candidate changed her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result after she openly confessed to doing so.
According to the panel, Mmesoma admitted in the presence of her principal, and the Education Secretary that the narration by JAMB officials was the true description of what transpired.
The report said she also admitted to having manipulated the result by herself unaided, using her Airtel phone number.
In its recommendations, the panel asked her to write an apology to JAMB; her school, Anglican Girls’ Secondary School, Uruagu Nnewi; and the Anambra State Government.
It had also recommended that Mmesoma should undergo psychological counseling and therapy.
David-Chyddy Eleke
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