Dr (Mrs) Oby Ezekwesili
Mmesoma Ejikeme: Ezekwesili calls for forensic investigation
Former Education Minister Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, has called for an independent forensic investigation over the trending saga between Mmesoma Ejikeme and the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
Recall that Mmesoma was accused by the JAMB authority of forging her result, which she had denied.
Ezekwesili said listening to Mmesoma in the video, where she narrated her own side of the story, shows it is reasonable to request a forensic-investigation to help reveal what really happened.
Mmesoma spoke in a video, expressing surprise that a result she reportedly printed out from the JAMB portal could be termed fake by the examination board.
The candidate lamented that she was traumatised by the claim made by JAMB, describing herself as a brilliant student.
She insisted she is incapable of doing what JAMB accused her of doing.
In a post via her verified Twitter handle on Monday, Ezekwesili disclosed that she had reached out to the Registrar of JAMB to carry out an independent investigation.
She wrote, “This saga between Mmesoma Ejikeme and @JAMBHQ requires an Independent Tech investigation to unearth all facts. Listening to her in this video, it is reasonable to request a forensic-investigation to help reveal what really happened. I have reached out to the Registrar of JAMB.”
The management of Innoson automobile company has said the N3 million scholarship it awarded to Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma will stand Innoson said their reward remains if Ejikeme is found to be innocent of the allegation of manipulation of results by JAMB JAMB had accused Ejikeme of using software to manipulate her score to 362 as against 249 .
Cornel Osigwe, Head of Corporate Communications at Innoson Group, stated that if the company finds out that Ejikeme is innocent of the allegation — whether or not she scored the highest mark in the 2023 UTME — the scholarship of N3 million it earlier awarded to her will stand.
