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Gov Soludo Sets Up Panel To Investigate Ejikeme’s JAMB Result
A panel of inquiry has been set up to work with security agents to investigate the allegation of falsification of result levelled against Mmesoma Ejikeme,
The Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has ordered a probe into the controversy trailing the highest scorer, Ejikeme Mmeoma, a pupil from the state who sat for the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
It would be recalled that the founder of Innoson Motors, Innocent Chukwum, had awarded her N3 million scholarship for her “exploit”.
Meanwhile, the Anambra state government was also planning to honour her for allegedly emerging as the top scorer.
In a statement released by the Anambra State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, said the State government had instituted a panel of inquiry to probe the controversy.
“A panel of inquiry has been set up to work with security agents to investigate the allegation of falsification of result levelled against Mmesoma Ejikeme, who had earlier been showcased in the social media as having scored the highest.”
The commissioner described the controversy on the girl’s result as embarrassing, “especially coming at a time Governor Chukwuma Soludo is repositioning the education sector in Anambra State.”
She however hailed Nkechinyere Umeh who was declared by JAMB as the highest scorer nationwide with a cumulative mark of 360 in the 2023 UTME.