A former Minister of State for Labour and Employment and stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Festus Keyamo, has called for caution for Mmesoma Ejikeme, who allegedly forged her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Result (UTME) and claimed to be the top scorer.
SaharaReporters had reported earlier that a Committee of Inquiry set up by the Government of Anambra State to thoroughly investigate the controversy around the said UTME results of Ejikeme Mmesoma submitted its findings to the state government.
In the committee report obtained by SaharaReporters on Saturday, the panel wrote that “Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma admitted that she manipulated the fake results herself, using her phone.”
The committee also recommended that the schoolgirl tenders apology to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
However, reacting to the incident, Keyamo cautioned against the efforts to destroy her rather as a brilliant girl she needs counselling, correction and guidance.
The former Minister believed that the 19-year-old girl obviously did not know the weight and gravity of what she was doing when she manipulated the results.
Keyamo in a post on his Twitter page wrote: “I deliberately waited for the end of this investigation before commenting on this unfortunate case of our daughter, Mmesoma Ejikeme.
“She’s a brilliant girl, judging by her actual score of 249. The nation should be careful not to destroy her. What she needs is counselling, correction and guidance. She obviously did not know the weight and gravity of what she was doing. As teenagers, most of us made juvenile mistakes that never came to light.
“The parents should encourage her to do a public apology to JAMB, to her family and to Nigerians after which she should be allowed to get her admission based on her actual scores.
“Anyone still pushing other narratives over this issue is not helping her and her family.
“It is time to close this very unfortunate chapter and move on. This is my plea.”
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