19- Year- Old Who Sued JAMB For N1b Lands In Police Net
THERE was mild drama at the headquarters of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board ( JAMB) Bwari, Federal Capital Territory, ( FCT), Abuja, yesterday, when a 19- year- old boy in the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, Chinedu Ifesinachi John, who accused the board of altering his original score of 380 was handed over to the police for investigation.
The Guardian learnt that John had claimed he scored 380 in the examination conducted in June and was surprised to receive 265 from the board after the results were released.
After several enquiries, 265 kept appearing as his score as against the 380 score.
Following the alleged “alteration” of the UTME score, his father, John Ifenkpam approached an Enugu- based lawyer,
Ikeazor Akaiwe, who wrote to JAMB for another opportunity for the boy to retake the examination and demanded N1 billion as damages.
The lawyer said in an official letter addressed to the board that the N1 billion was to cover for the physical and emotional trauma the boy had been through from being offered “two separate scores from 2019 to 2021.”
The candidate claimed that his UTME scores from 2019 till 2021 had been “altered” by the board, thereby denying him the opportunity to study his desired course – Medicine.
Following an invitation from the management of JAMB led by the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is- haq Oloyede, the candidate, his father and lawyers traveled down to Abuja from Enugu, yesterday.