Famous public commentator and former aid to former president Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Reno Omokri, has warned of the potential of the issues surrounding the JAMB result of 19-year-old Mmesoma Ejikeme from Anambra State, to trigger ethnic and religious violence like happened in France after the shooting to death of 17-year-old Nahel M. by an officer during a traffic stop.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP chieftain, in a tweet, said the manner in which prominent people like Oby Ezekwesili and others have made it about ethnicity when it was really about criminality could have set Nigeria on fire.
According to him, there had been several recent gaslights to trigger ethnic violence, from the false allegation regarding demolitions targeted at Igbos in Lagos to the claim that the new Chief of Naval Staff is a non-Igbo to Oby Ezekwesili falsely accusing Lagosians of “ethnic baiting” against Igbos.
In his words, “As small as this JAMB controversy involving 19-year-old Mmesoma Ejikeme looks, it could have triggered in Nigeria the type of ethnic and religious violence now raging in France if the genuine highest scorer was not also an Igbo from Anambra.
“The way and manner prominent people like Oby Ezekwesili and others made it about ethnicity when it was really about criminality could have set our beloved country on fire.
“The more I think about it, the more I wonder whether that was the real plan all along. Because this unnecessary storm in a teacup happened a day after a prominent celebrity asked Nigerian youths to rise and bring down the system, just as 9% of France is currently doing.
“And before that, there had been several gaslights to trigger ethnic violence, from the false allegation regarding demolitions targeted at Igbos in Lagos to the claim that the new Chief of Naval Staff is a non-Igbo speaking Enugu to Oby Ezekwesili falsely accusing Lagosians of “ethnic baiting” against Igbos.
“Is someone trying to trigger something because they are not happy about the outcome of the #NigerianElections2023?
“Imagine if the real highest scorer was from the North or Southwest. It could have triggered ethnic unrest that would have made #EndSARS look like child’s play. I call on the DSS to thoroughly investigate those behind the forged results and bring them to book as a warning to others who would want to gaslight Nigerians using ethnicity and religion”.
It would be recalled that Dr. Ezekwesile has said that, “Professor Ishac Oloyede, the Registrar of @JAMB did reach out back from Namibia but his call dropped.
“My call for an Independent Technology Investigation still stands.
“I am interested in having a number of questions answered by the Exam Body to clarify the confusion in the public space on the JAMB-Mmesoma Saga.
“What really are the facts of the action that produced the Result-Slip that Mmesoma is insisting she received?
“Can the Public be availed the User-Journey of Mmesoma ?
“Is this kind of a tech-enabled double-result unique to her or experienced by any other candidates of JAMB exams?
“Is a Comprehensive Systems Check not key for JAMB in situations like this and has such been done?
‘What is the nature of interface between the JAMB system/database and the Center where she sat for her exam as well as results verification?
“Could this case not help JAMB trace any issues that can impair its systems and architecture for Exam Integrity?
“I am glad that the public is invested in knowing the truth on this Saga, because Exam Integrity is core to global trust of countries and their citizens by others and widely publicized cases like this should be Learning Opportunity for all, including the Exam Body.
“I reiterate that an Independent Technology Investigation is critical for helping us all know the Truth of this case including the role of all the parties involved so that the right and just redressing can be made.
“Trust in our public institutions like @JAMBHQ that record the facts of individual effort and performance is key for our country.
“Therefore for all reasonable citizens, this matter is rightly important that it be resolved appropriately.”
