Mmesoma spoke in an interview on Channels TV programme,
Sunrise Daily on Wednesday.
She said the only SMS she sent to JAMB was through its
support system, “That’s the only SMS I sent there.
“They didn’t reply. If they check their JAMB Support System,
they would see that I sent a text message. They didn’t reply. The one I checked
through the USSD code is the one of 360 (sic) that I saw.
“After all 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,” she said.
Recall that the 16-year-old had earlier claimed she scored
362 in the 2023 UTME, but JAMB refuted her claim.
But, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in
a statement issued by its spokesman, Dr. Fabian Benjamin later accused her of
forging her result in.
Benjamin revealed its records indicated the candidate had
sent a series of messages to the board’s automated telecoms system, including
the results showing an aggregate of 362.
JAMB had insisted that her result is “patently fake”, saying
it had withdrawn her result and consequently barred her from writing the
examination for the next three years.
Speaking on the result controversy, Mmesoma argued that she
ought not to be blamed for the controversy, insisting that banning her for
three years was not fair.
She stated, “It’s not my fault that I printed my result like
that and they said that I forged my result. It’s not my fault. So, them banning
it is not fair.”
She further revealed she sent an SMS to JAMB through its
support system but got no response.
The 19-year-old claimed her “results notification” slip for
the UTME showing a score of 362 out of 400 was printed from the JAMB results
portal.
“It’s not my fault that I printed my result like that and
they said that I forged my result. It’s not my fault. So, them banning it is
not fair,” she said.