Charles Oputa, a well-known Nigerian singer and sociopolitical activist also known by his stage name Charly Boy, has joined the debate over Mmesoma Ejikeme’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, or UTME, results.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, or JAMB, later accused Mmesoma of falsifying her results after she claimed to have received the highest score—362—in the 2023 UTME.
In a viral video she appeared in on Monday, Mmesoma expressed shock that a result she printed from the JAMB website could be declared fake by the examination board without a full investigation.
She vehemently denied the charge, asserting that she is unable to manipulate her own result.
Speaking on the situation, Charly Boy, who took to Twitter on Monday night, expressed scepticism over JAMB’s allegation.
He called on the board to make Mmesoma’s examination papers available for a remark by an external body.
He wrote, “JAMB must produce her paper for an external body to remark. I don’t trust the mark they claim they awarded her right now.
“JAMB has ended up making the young girl popular and the girl on the other hand exposed JAMB corruption & ineptitude just like INEC.”
