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UTME Scandal Escalates: Father Defends Daughter’s Academic Brilliance Amid Forged Score Allegation Cliptv Online

The controversy surrounding the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has escalated, with Mr. Romanus Ejikeme, the father of Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme, expressing concern over the alleged conspiracy to deny his daughter her well-deserved academic success. Mmesoma’s claimed score of 362 in the UTME has become a subject of dispute, with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) claiming that she forged the score.

Mr. Ejikeme vehemently denies the allegations and asserts that his daughter has consistently displayed academic brilliance since her nursery school days. According to him, Mmesoma has always been the top-performing student in her classes, achieving first position consistently.

The family hails from Oduma in Aninri local government area of Enugu State but resides in Uruagu, Nnewi. Mmesoma is their first child, and she has been excelling academically, even representing her previous school, Oba Girls Secondary School, in competitions. When she changed to Anglican Girls Secondary School, her teachers from Oba Girls pleaded with Mr. Ejikeme to retain her in their school due to her exceptional performance, which brought prestige to the institution.

Mr. Ejikeme firmly believes that Mmesoma cannot manipulate her UTME score, dismissing the claims made by JAMB. He suspects that there might be an attempt to transfer the scholarship opportunity associated with the high score to another candidate, which could be the reason behind the accusations against his daughter.

Mmesoma’s friends reportedly saw her score on the internet and informed her before she printed out the result. Despite this, the entire situation has left her feeling deeply saddened, and she has been crying since her visit to the Anambra State Commissioner of Education, who subsequently took her to the Department of State Services (DSS) office for further investigation.

The Ejikeme family firmly maintains Mmesoma’s innocence and intends to present the printout of her UTME result as evidence of her claimed score. The case remains a matter of dispute, and further investigations are likely to shed more light on the situation.

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