Shocking!!! "I Was Scammed By A Jamb Official"

 

  Cynthia Joseph a 17 year old 'jamb bit' shared her ordeal with us, which she wants others to learn from.

 I wrote JAMB last year while I was still in ss3 and I scored 204. I was just testing my ability so I did not take the examination serious.

 My dad expected even more from me this year.

 This year jamb exam was to hold on April but due to the fact that I was at home after my WAEC, I have started reading and preparing for JAMB since December 2012. My course is economics and I was sitting for Maths, English, Commerce and Economics. I scored 183 in my second try.

 I checked my result in 3 cyber-cafe because it was so hard for me to believe it was my result, I cried and cried but the crying did not change anything.

 My parents were not disappointed they were just surprised that I got that score but they said its God’s doing that I should wait for next year.

 That was the saddest sentence I have ever heard in my life. When my neighbor check his own he scored 215, he was so shocked he thought jamb made a mistake but what made him believe it was his result was because he used CHOKES.

 Two weeks after the examination I came across a website www.upgradejamb.blogspot.com, When i saw the website I was shocked and I showed it to my elder brother who was a graduate he discouraged me to forget about the site, that it is against the law, he went further saying if i get caught i will spend some years in jail, but i laughed it off.

 I read all what was written on the website and it was so perfect that I believed every word that was written there. So i called the phone number and a guy picked it up, I told him that I saw his number on a jamb site and that i will like to upgrade my jamb score from 182 to 205.

 He said that’s not a problem and he would help me do it in 5 hours after payment. He requested for my jamb details which I sent and he told me that when I pay the money I should call him.

 I was kinda happy and I decided not to tell my parents, I will use the upgraded result as a surprise to them, I brought out all my savings it was 3,500 naira i could put together.

 I lied to my elder bother that I want to learn how to type and the typist requested for 1,500 naira.

 He gave it to me immediately and said after i learn it i will be more useful to him and I will have something doing.

 The next day i headed to the bank and i payed the sum of 5,000 naira into his Account; Name: Kingsley Imoh Account Number: 0043751340 GT-Bank I called him and he said he got an alert that after 5hours I should go and re-print my result.

 Unfortunately when I went to the cyber cafe i was told my jamb card has been used many times that I need to get a new jamb card, I was sad because I don’t know where to get the money.

 Actually the man selling jamb stuffs is my church member so I went to get the card on credit with the belief that when my parent see the result they will be very happy and they would pay for the card.

 But to my greatest surprise I checked my result and nothing changed I waited for the next day checked again and I still saw my same score.

 I called him and he did not pick up. I sent him messages, he replied saying its a database complication that I should wait for an hour and check back. I waited for two hours and checked but I still saw the jamb score. I called him again but his phone was not reachable.

 Till now his phone has not been reachable.

 It was that moment I realized I have been scammed. I took the courage and I told my parents what happened. I showed the the website and they said its not my fault that if they were the one they would fall for it.

 So they paid for the jamb card and enrolled me into a computer school and I apologized to my elder brother for lying to him.

 Its not like I want a refund or something. I just want people to know that this upgrading stuff is not real and I wish someone can catch the owner of that site and lock him up because I believe I am not his only victim and I will not be his last. Thanks for reading and you all can ask me any questions you like but no insults please.

 Check out the website www.upgradejamb.blogspot.com/ And see if you won’t fall for it. Someone should please report this brave thief to the E.F.C.C cause he is spoiling our education system in Nigeria.

 The question is, was he  (Kingsley Imoh) really a jamb official?????

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Protesting students stoned Prime Minister

Prime Minister

 Prime Minister of Burkina Faso Luc-Adolhe Tio was stoned by protesting students during a visit to the University of Ouagadougou last month.Prime Minister Tiao wanted to prove his readiness and availability to the school's problem but the angry students who are still not happy with the structure of the university reacted otherwise, reported Le Pays.

Le Pays reported that the government efforts deserved recognition because the visit was a good step taken by the prime Minister to see the harsh realties himself.
Hasty decisions like the introduction of LMD (Licence masters doctorate), the system of 3, 5 and 8 years higher education based on the Bologna process has been made. Students dissatisfaction over issues of demotivation of the teaching staffs and lack of facilities and infrasture were the main causes.

The actions of the students has been widely condemned by the people and the tabloid because they showed immaturity and turned to violence instead of dialogue like the Prime Minister wanted.The Prime minister had planned to spend time talking to the lectures,students union,members of staff and the governing boards of the university.

A power cut during the Prime Minister address was the begining of the debacle.It was reported that students became angry when a generator was brought for the ceremony to continue.

The students stated that they are so used to the breakdowns and nobody provides them with generator.This made Tiao wait until the power was returned.Soon after he continued, there was a second power outage which sparked the end of the ceremony, leading to the mounting of the students anger and as the Prime Minister was about to have talks with other members of the university in another room, the students started throwing stones at Tiao and blocked the outside road for about an hour and burned tyres.

* This article is drawn from local media. Skoolthings cannot vouch for the accuracy of the original reports.

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