The Anambra student accused of manually inflating her 2023 UTME result by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Mmesoma Ejike, has revealed that the board has texted her score to her to be 249 she received an automated text message from JAMB indicating that was 249.
Mmesoma made this known on Wednesday during an interview with Sunrise Daily on Channels Television,
The JAMB’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, had revealed that Ejikeme sent many messages to the board’s automated telecoms system, including the results showing an aggregate of 362.
Mmesoma responded saying the only SMS she sent to JAMB was through its support system: “That’s the only SMS I sent.”, others
She said, “They didn’t reply. If they check their JAMB Support System, they would see that I sent a text message. They didn’t reply.”
Mmesoma agreed that she used the Airtel line to send the message: saying “Yes,” but added that it was “not through USSD code”.
“The one I checked through the USSD code is the one of 360 that I saw,” she explained further.
She also agreed that the feedback from JAMB showed her score as 249.
“Yes,” she said. “After all was said and done, I now saw that I got 249. I sent them a text message there to know what really happened — the JAMB Support System. If they go to their system, they will see it there.”
