A Nigerian man has reacted to the viral news of Joy Ejikeme allegedly manipulating her JAMB UTME score

It was claimed that the young girl who went viral for emerging as the best UTME candidate manipulated her score
However, speaking via a recent tweet, a Nigerian man claimed that in 2009 his result was changed four times

The Twitter user identified as @Nnanyelugo13 has taken sides with Joy Ejikeme, the Anambra student who was called out by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for inflating her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) score from 249 to 362.

Ejikeme was given a scholarship of N3 million by Innoson Motors for having the highest score in the JAMB UTME before the emerging controversy.

Man claims his JAMB result was changed four times

In a tweet, @Nnanyelugo13 claimed that JAMB changed his score four times in 2009. He said whenever he checked the portal, he saw a different score.

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The tweet read:

“In 2009, JAMB changed my score 4 times, 162, 286, 215, 214. Each day it kept on changing, I was using Nokia touch then, I don’t even know how to operate a computer then, so who was manipulating my own result then?”

The Twitter user’s claim has sparked reactions among Nigerians on social media, with many calling for an investigation.

Jacob Silas said:

“I knew that little girl could be innocent. This is a severe accusation to lay on a young child.”
Saraiii commented:

“This entire thing needs to be thoroughly investigated don’t put blames on anyone yet.”
Jennifer Bryan added:

“I know someone this happened to too. Sometimes it may not be the fault of the candidate