Anambra govt sends Mmesoma to psychotherapist for counselling

<p>Mmesoma recently apologised publicly to JAMB for falsifying her UTME result and false accusation against the exam body.</p>, <span>Mmesoma Ejikeme during her appearance before the House of Representatives on Wednesday, July 19, 2023.</span>, <h2>Controversial Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate, Ejikeme Mmesoma, has been transferred to a psychotherapist for three months of guidance and counselling coaching by the Anambra State government.</h2>, <p>This decision was announced by the state Commissioner for Education, Prof Ngozi Theresa Chuma-Udeh during a media chat with journalists in Awka on Wednesday, July 19, 2023.</p>, <p>The 19-year-old student of Anglican Girls Secondary School in Nnewi had caused a national hoopla after claiming to have scored 362 in 2023 UTME, as against her official score of 249 recorded by JAMB.</p>, <p>Mmesoma doubled down on her claim in a viral video in which she brandished a result purportedly obtained from the JAMB portal and went as far as accusing the exam body of maligning her character.</p>, <p>However, JAMB provided overwhelming evidence to substantiate its stance, including the record of how the embattled candidate made several requests for her result via its automated SMS-based service, which repeatedly responded with a score of 249.</p>, <p>Cornered by the glaring evidence, Mmesoma made a U-turn and confessed to a committee set up by the Anambra State government to investigate the incident that she indeed used her phone to manipulate the result.</p>, <h2>Mmesoma undergoing psychological cleansing</h2>, <p>After her confession, Mmesoma has also tendered an apology to JAMB in a letter she publicly read during her appearance before a House of Representatives ad-hoc committee in Abuja on Wednesday.</p>, <p>Meanwhile, the Anambra State government said she will undergo a therapy class for three months as recommended by the panel that looked into the controversy surrounding her JAMB result.</p>, <p>Chuma-Udeh stated that the panel, after finding Mmesoma g