My daughter has never come second in class, first place only, go and verify
ROMANUS EJIKEME, the father of Miss Nmesoma Joy Ejikeme who has been in the news for allegedly forging JAMB result spoke to some journalists in Nnewi, Anambra state. He said that the allegation against his daughter was nothing but a conspiracy , saying that if his daughter sits the UTME examination over and over again ten times, she will still emerge overall best student. Maduako Igbokwe who was there files the story. Excerpts:
May you introduce yourself sir?
My name is Romanus Ejikeme and I am a commercial motorcyclist but majorly a musician. We moved into Nnewi three years ago from Oba. But my daughter did her primary school in Ogbunike Central School where she was toping her class till she moved over to Oba where she still maintained first positions.
When we relocated to Nnewi and had to transfer her to her present school, her teachers and classmates in Oba school were calling her, crying that her absence was affecting the school because she used to represent the school in various academic competitions.
The principal even called me requesting to be paying for my daughter’s transport to and from Nnewi to enable her to be attending her school. But I declined the offer. That is to tell you the extent they cherished my daughter due to her extraordinary performances.
Meanwhile, she doesn’t pride in her performance because it’s not anything to her. Mmesoma has always been a hardworking and studious student who doesn’t joke with her studies. She entered the present school from SS1 after writing her junior WAEC in Oba. Her results is there for anyone to see. It is a public school.
What actually happened to her JAMB result that is already causing controversy?
The 362 score she got is what she saw in the SMS sent to her by JAMB, after sending her code to the portal. That is the same score she had been parading for over two months before this controversies came up. I am surprised that JAMB kept quiet all these while, until now they came up with another result.
But what I have discovered as a father is that JAMB deliberately delayed coming up with the allegations so as to come up with something they would use to defend themselves.
What about the new score of 249 that JAMB claimed that is her result?
The new score they are claiming my daughter got is not her result. It is unfortunate that the same people that supposed to offer her award for coming out top are the people pulling her down.
My daughter has been weeping all these while and we have been consoling her that nothing is too hard for God to do. She has not been happy that her result was not only altered, but she is being falsely accused for what she did not do.
“How can they accuse my daughter of such allegations when she doesn’t work with JAMB?
When journalists come to interview her, one of the questions I ask them is, does the person you are interviewing look fraudulent? For me, it is only a dullard that can engage in such a crime.
But some people are of the opinion that with the kind of children we have these days that go all out to pass through any means your daughter could be one of them ?
:My daughter studies so hard that even when you ask her to go to bed late in the night, she will insist on reading more. Because she wants to study Medicine and Surgery, she rarely sleeps, especially during exams.
So after all the stress, someone will say her result was forged and this is not fair at all. Is it because she is not the daughter of a wealthy and popular person? Is it because she is the daughter of an Okada man ? Only God will judge those that are doing this to my daughter.
As it stands now what are you going to do and what do you and your daughter want?
There is nothing else we can do than to insist that JAMB should tell us the truth about my daughter’s result. They should stop defending themselves and tell the whole world the truth. Even if my daughter is asked to sit for this exam repeatedly, I’m sure she will still come out best.
She is my daughter. She has never taken second in class. Besides, all my children, two girls and boys are all brilliant. You can go and inquire from their teachers if you so wish. Just that we don’t make noise about it, just like I earlier said. Even the Soludo panel set up should go ahead with the investigation. I am not ready to engage the services of lawyers, let justice be done.
