Cornel Osigwe, Head of Corporate Communications, Innoson Group has defended Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma who was accused of result forgery by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB).
Mmesoma had claimed to be the top scorer in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.
Daily Report Nigeria had earlier reported a statement issued on Sunday evening by JAMB saying that Mmesoma inflated her UTME score from 249 to 362.
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The statement added that she had used her increased score to attract a three million naira scholarship from Innoson Motors and was set to be awarded by the Anambra State Government before she was exposed.
JAMB had said:
“The most pathetic of them all is the case of Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, who claimed to have scored 362 in the 2023 UTME and was awarded a N3m scholarship by Chief (Dr.) Innocent Chukwuma. She was even set to be honoured by the Anambra State Government when one of its top officials put a call through to JAMB to confirm her claim only for the Board to reveal that Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma had actually scored 249 and not 362 she claimed. She had manipulated her UTME result to deceive the public to fraudulently obtain a scholarship and other recognitions.”
The Board had also promised to prosecute Mmesoma and have her original result withdrawn.
Osigwe however in a post via his official Twitter handle defended the candidate and asked JAMB to investigate while equally pleading with them to let her be.
He said:
“The girl I met doesn’t have the brain and capacity to manipulate her result. There is more to this story. A proper investigation needs to be done. Abeg let the poor breath.
“That girl was one of the most brilliant in her school, according to the Principal, her parents couldn’t even afford to pay for her WAEC and NECO Exams. Of what advantage will it offer her to manipulate her JAMB score? Let the poor breathe pls.”
