The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has explained why it involved the Department of State Services (DSS) in the forgery allegation against Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma.
According to the board, the Anambra student’s UTME score in 2023 was really 249 instead of 362 as claimed.
JAMB also alleged that she manipulated her result to “deceive the public to fraudulently obtain a scholarship and other recognitions”.
But in a video on Monday, Mmesoma dismissed the forgery allegation against her. The student said she printed her result from the JAMB portal.
Mmesoma also revealed that she was once taken to the DSS office for interrogation.
Her revelation had elicited intense reactions on Twitter, with many wondering why the board had to involve the security agency in the matter.
In a chat with TheCable Lifestyle on Monday night, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB spokesperson, said the board involved the DSS to unearth those behind the act.
Benjamin said the decision was informed by the board’s assumption that the student lacked the capacity to come up with such an idea.
“The issue was reported to them (DSS) to find out those behind what she is doing. We thought she has no such capacity,” he said.
JAMB had earlier suspended the student from taking part in the UTME for the next three years over the incident.
