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Man Recounts How he Failed JAMB Despite Being an Excellent Student

A man was once the head boy of his alma mater recounts how he failed JAMB, insist that the Board made a mistake since he was a brilliant student.



A Nigerian man who served as the head boy of his alma mater claims that the score he got in his 2016 UTME was given to him, as he insists that JAMB made a mistake.

The man identified on X by his handle, @phillyf_ took to his X page to disclose how the 2016 JAMB was so terrible that even the intelligent students failed.

The disgruntled man revealed that he had scored an aggregate of 163 in the UTME exam and he doesn’t believe that was his real score.

@phillyf_ noted that he had scored distinctions in his WAEC result, and failing JAMB wasn’t possible.

“2016 JAMB was so horrible

They gave me 163💓

A whole Head Boy & Best Student in Art class SS1-3,” he wrote.

In another tweet, he added …

“How does it make sense for someone to score All Distinctions in WAEC 2016 & then score 163 in JAMB 2016?

So yes, they GAVE me that score.”

See the post below:

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SOURCES: ALLSCHOOL, GISTREEL

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