West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has dissociated itself from a viral list circulating on social media that claims the results for the May/June 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) of 151 secondary schools have been withheld due to alleged examination malpractice.
Gatekeepers News reports that the viral letter dated August 4, 2025, titled “Urgent notice to the following secondary schools regarding withheld results,” had Director, Examination Malpractice and Irregularities, WAEC Nigeria, Dr Florence Ajayi as signatory.
In the ‘fake letter’, principals of the mentioned schools were asked to report to the WAEC Lagos Zonal Office within 10 working days.
The letter further read, “All school principals are to appear before the WAEC Investigative Panel on or before August 16th, 2025, with supporting documentation and the affected candidates’ exam scripts (where applicable).”
According to the list, affected schools included Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary, Ikorodu; Atlantic Hall, Epe; Top Faith International School, Uyo; Corona Secondary School, Agbara; Christ the King College, Onitsha; St. Louis Secondary School, Ondo; Charles Dale Memorial International School, Port Harcourt; Stella Maris College, Abuja; Divine Mercy Secondary School, Asaba; Federal Government Girls’ College, Calabar; Holy Rosary College, Enugu; St. Theresa’s Catholic College, Oke-Ado, Ibadan.
However, WAEC, via its official handle, @waecnigeria, on Tuesday, said the list should be ignored as it did not emanate from its official handles.
The WAEC statement read, “Kindly ignore any message listing schools whose results were supposedly cancelled.
Meanwhile, WAEC will never ask any centre to bring scripts of candidates to the office. Where would they get them from?
“Do not accept any message that is not on our handles and accredited media.”
The examination body had announced on Monday that the results of 192,089 candidates, representing 9.75% of the total candidates, were withheld due to alleged involvement in various forms of examination malpractice.
Only 38.32% of the 1,969,313 candidates who sat the examination obtained credits and above in five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, marking a sharp decline from the previous year’s 72.12% pass rate.
WAEC’s Head of National Office, Dr. Amos Dangut, attributed the significant decline in candidates’ performance to the newly implemented anti-malpractice measures.
