From Victor Osula, Abuja
Innoson Group whose Chairman , Innocent Chukwuma gave scholarship to an alleged forger of her 2023 University Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, results, Mmesoma Ejikeme, has called for further investigation.
JAMB board had on Sunday, stated that Ejikeme manually inflated her UTME result from 249 to 362 and used her inflated score to attract a N3 million scholarship from Innoson Motors, and was set to be awarded by the Anambra State Government before she was exposed.
In a reaction, the Head of Corporate Communications, Innoson Group, Cornel Osigwe, tweeted on Monday that Ejikeme may be a victim of circumstance and called for further investigation.
Osigwe in a tweet titled, “Let the poor breathe,” expressed doubt about the girl’s culpability.
“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”, the tweet read.
Accusing Ejikeme of parading herself as the top scorer, Dr Fabian Osuji of JAMB board also said it would prosecute Ejikeme and withdraw her original result.
“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 an 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 scored 249 and not 362, as she claimed. She had manipulated her UTME result to deceive the public to fraudulently obtain a scholarship and other recognitions”, he stated in the statement.
