Charles Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has directed 16-year-old Mmesomma Joy Ejikeme to undergo counselling and therapy for falsifying her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Soludo gave this directive in a letter signed by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, and addressed to the Principal of Anglican Girls Secondary School in Nnewi, where Mmesoma is a student.
The Anambra governor ordered that Mmesoma be handed over to the State Guidance Counselor and Professor of Clinical Psychology for evaluation.
According to the letter, the governor said the directive followed one of the recommendations of the panel constituted to investigate the matter, following the parading of the fake results which elicited interest, generated controversy and misgivings to the general public.
Recall that Ejikeme had stated that she scored a striking 362 out of 400, asserting herself as the highest-scoring candidate of the year.
However, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the examining body, labelled the result as “patently fake,” clarifying that her actual score was 249.
JAMB announced Ejikeme would be barred from taking its mandatory exam for prospective undergraduates for the next three years.
Days later, the student admitted that her score was actually 249, adding that her UTME result was fake as confirmed by the panel set up by the Anambra state government.
