I Shall Drag You to Court if You Fail to Apologise to Mmesoma- Lawyer Threatens JAMB Registrar Oloyede
A legal practitioner and President of Johnmary Akachukwu Maduakolam Initiative for Education, Johnmary Maduakolam, has threatened to sue the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede if the management of the Board refuses to tender an apology to Anambra UTME candidate, Mmesoma Ejikeme.
Mmesoma was alleged of forging her 2023 UTME result to attract favours from the public.
In a letter addressed to JAMB registrar, Oloyede, the lawyer defended Mmesoma saying she was incapable of forging her own results. Thereby, accusing JAMB of failing to protect the girl’s identity.
The lawyer 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.”
Recall JAMB on Sunday evening alleged Ejikeme in a statement for manually inflating her UTME result from 249 to 362 and used it to attract a N3m scholarship from Innoson Motors and was set to be awarded by the Anambra state government before she was exposed.
“The most pathetic of them all is the case of Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, who claimed to have scored 362 in the 2023 UTME and was awarded a N3m scholarship by Chief (Dr.) Innocent Chukwuma.
She was even set to be honoured by the Anambra State Government when one of its top officials put a call through to JAMB to confirm her claim only for the Board to reveal that Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma had actually scored 249 and not 362 she claimed. She had manipulated her UTME result to deceive the public to fraudulently obtain a scholarship and other recognitions,” JAMB said.
Also, in Maduakolam’s letter to Oloyede, he added that the poor girl is not culpable of dishing out fake results but JAMB, and even if the girl is guilty, the law affords her some protection as a child in the circumstance.
“Sequel to the above, I hereby request your good self, on her behalf, to retract forthwith the malicious publication made against the child, tender an unreserved apology to her and take steps to ensure that the trauma your conduct caused is cushioned immediately.
“Kindly note if you fail, neglect or refuse to harken to my demands for the welfare of the child, I shall drag you to a court and you shall bear its cost.”
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