The management of Innoson Automobile Company says the N3 million scholarship awarded to Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme will be withdrawn if she is found guilty of fraudulently manipulating her JAMB score.
This was communicated to newsmen in a statement by Mr. Cornel Osigwe, Head of Corporate Communications at Innoson Group.
Chronicle NG reports that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) had accused Ejikeme of fraudulently manipulating her score to 362 as against 249 in a bid to get financial rewards from Innoson Group and other well-meaning Nigerians.
Baffled Osigwe stated that “It is strange to us because we did our independent verification and found out that Mmesoma Ejikeme actually scored 362, when we printed her result.
“When it was claimed that she was the highest, we waited for JAMB to come and clarify it, but they did not and the media was publishing that she was the highest.
“We also waited to see if there was going to be a counter claim, but since there was no counter claim, we awarded her the scholarship as the highest scorer.
“On Sunday, it was reported that JAMB claimed that she manipulated her result. We are doing our independent investigation as we speak to know if she actually manipulated her result or the fault was from JAMB.
“If we find out that the girl actually manipulated her result for obvious reasons, we will withdraw the scholarship”.
While advising Mmesoma to remain calm during the course of the investigation, Osigwe stated that if she is innocent of the allegation, whether she scored the highest or not, the scholarship will still stand.
“But if we find out that the mistake was actually from JAMB; that they were the ones that awarded her the score, or probably did a review and found out that her actual score was 249, then our scholarship will still stand” he said.
