UTME FRAUD: Lawyer warns Oloyede, JAMB to apologize to Mmesoma or risk legal action.

Johnmary Maduakolam, a lawyer, has threatened to file a lawsuit against Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s registrar, and the board’s management if they do not offer an apology to Mmesoma Ejikeme, a student from Anambra who JAMB claims intentionally inflated her 2023 UTME score.

Our correspondent came across a letter from the lawyer addressed to Oloyede in which it was said that Mmesoma was unable to fabricate her own results. In addition, he charged that JAMB failed to safeguard the girl’s identity.

He said, “I am Chief Johnmary Akachukwu Maduakolam, a legal practitioner and the President of Johnmary Akachukwu Maduakolam Initiative for Education which is a pet project with a special interest in education and holistic development of the young person.

“I am shocked to read from the media a circular issued by one Mr Fabian Benjamin on behalf of JAMB, accusing one Ms. Mmesoma Ejikeme, a minor and a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School Nnewi, Anambra State of faking JAMB scores to curry favour from unsuspecting philanthropists. By that publication, JAMB, under your watch, defamed the poor girl, exposed her to public opprobrium, and most especially failed to discharge its duty to the girl child under the Child’s Right Act.”