Why We Have Withdrawn Results Of Some UTME Candidates–JAMB

UTME Candidates: The Joint Admissions & Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has withdrawn the results of some candidates of the just released Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The shocking information is contained in a statement by Head of Public Affairs and Protocol of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, giving reason and mentioning the affected candidates.

The statement which was made available to journalists in Abuja said the affected candidates’ results were withdrawn because they deceived Nigerians.

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One of those whose result is affected is one Mmesoma Ejikeme, who claimed scoring 362 in the 2023 UTME, leading to his award of a N3 million scholarship by Innocent Chukwuma, Chairman of Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing Company.

But making clarification on this, the JAMB spokesman, inferred the result was fake.

He also mentioned the case of one Atung Gerald in Kaduna that allegedly claimed to have scored 380, advised the public not to fall victim to the antics of the candidates.

“The attention of JAMB has been drawn to several publications in both print and online media celebrating certain candidates for scoring high in the 2023 UTME.

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”The Board is constrained to set the records straight and wishes to state unequivocally that many of the results which many of these candidates are parading are fake.

”In many instances, some of these candidates had actually obtained far lower scores than they are claiming and had used some funny software packages to manipulate their results to deceive unsuspecting members of the public.

”The most pathetic of them all is the case of Miss Ejikeme, who claimed to have scored 362 in the 2023 UTME and was awarded a N3m scholarship by Chukwuma,” he said.

”She had manipulated her UTME result to deceive the public and fraudulently obtained scholarship and other recognitions.

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”The Board would like to state that the likes of Mmesoma are still out there, deceiving those who are always in a hurry to bestow honour on candidates without confirming from the Board,” he added.

According to Fabian, what led the cat out of the bag was call from the public seeking to honour one of the UTME candidates,

The board thereafter confirmed that the candidate scored 249 and not 362.