Anambra State Government has instituted a panel of inquiry into the controversy trailing the highest scorer in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme, a 16-year-old student of Anglican Girls secondary school in Nnewi, had earlier been announced to have scored 362 as the highest.

JAMB, however, in a press release on Sunday night, dismissed her result as fake, saying it was manipulated and that she would be prosecuted for it.

A press release by the Anambra State Ministry of Education and signed by its Public Relations Officer, Mr Nnaemeka Egwuonwu, stated that the investigation would unravel the truth about how Miss Ejikeme got her result.

Part of the release read: “Education Commissioner, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh regretted that the development was very embarrassing, coming at a time when the Soludo-led administration is repositioning in her avowed determination to get education right in the State.

“Meanwhile, the Anambra State Government will continue to celebrate Nkechinyere Umeh, who was declared the highest by JAMB, having scored a cummulative mark of 360, while security agents are investigating the allegation of falsification of result levelled against Ejikeme Mmesoma, who had earlier been showcased in the social media as having scored the highest.”