The widely reported Kogi State boy who allegedly scored 399 in JAMB, has revealed his original result saying that he was only pranking his friends.
File photo: Students writing exams
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reported it here yesterday that Ibrahim Shamwifu from Kogi state, allegedly set a new record with a score of 399 out of the possibile 400 in the 2016 Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) UTME.
According to the screenshot obtained by Nigeriauniversityscholarship, the youngster disclosed he wanted to study Medicine and Surgery at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in Kaduna State.
Its has now been revealed that he released a photo-shopped version of his JAMB UTME result where he purportedly scored 399 just to prank his friends .
He was contacted by an OAP and that was when he said it was just a joke. He revealed that his real score was 199. See the screenshot below;