The management of Innoson Automobile Company has put on hold the N3 million scholarship awarded to Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme until she is cleared of the allegation of manipulating her Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exam result.
The Head of Corporate Communications at Innoson Group, Mr. Cornel Osigwe, disclosed the company’s stance while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Onitsha on Monday.
JAMB accused Miss Ejikeme of using software to manipulate her score to 362, from 249.
According to Osigwe, it is strange to hear from JAMB that Ejikeme manipulated her result.
“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.
“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,” the company said.