Mmesoma Ejikeme, a student from Anambra who was charged on Wednesday by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board with intentionally inflating her 2023 UTME score, stated that she received an automated text message from JAMB stating that her score was 249.

During an interview with Sunrise Daily on Channels Television, Mmesoma disclosed this.

The candidate transmitted several messages to the board's automated telecoms system, including the results showing an aggregate of 362, according to earlier information from JAMB's spokesman, Fabian Benjamin.

In response, Mmesoma stated that the only SMS she had sent to JAMB was via its support system: "That's the only SMS I sent there."

Asked if she got any feedback, she said, “They didn’t reply. If they check their JAMB Support System, they would see that I sent a text message. They didn’t reply.”

On the claim that she used an Airtel line, Mmesoma replied: “Yes,” but she added it was “not through USSD code”.

“The one I checked through the USSD code is the one of 360 that I saw,” she explained further.

She concurred when it was stated that her JAMB report indicated a score of 249.

“Yes,” she said. “After all was said and done, I now saw that I got 249. I sent them a text message there to know what happened — the JAMB Support System. If they go to their system, they will see it there.”

According to reports, the 19-year-old Anambra student who is in trouble has been in the headlines due to charges of UTME score falsification.