The West African Evaluations Council has dismissed as incorrect a file distributing on social networks declaring that the results of prospects from 50 secondary schools in the 2026 West African Senior Citizen School Certificate Assessment for School Candidates were withheld over supposed examination malpractice.
The evaluation body released the disclaimer on Wednesday through its authorities X account, urging the general public to neglect the document because it did not originate from the council.
According to WAEC, the purported letter is fraudulent and need to not be regarded as a main interaction.
The created file, dated August 2, 2026, was apparently addressed to principals of public and personal secondary schools across the country.
It incorrectly claimed that the outcomes of candidates from 50 schools had actually been withheld over examination malpractice and advised the impacted schools to send detailed reports within 2 week or run the risk of extra sanctions.
The fake letter also contained the names of schools across a number of states, consisting of Lagos and the Federal Capital Area, Abuja.
To make it appear authentic, the file was falsely provided in the name of the Head of WAEC’s Nigeria National Office, Dr Amos Dangut, and featured what appeared to be the council’s official letterhead and stamps.
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In its response, WAEC shared a copy of the forged document prominently marked with a red “PHONY” stamp to alert members of the general public.
The clarification came soon after the council revealed the release of the 2026 WASSCE results for school candidates.
While launching the outcomes, WAEC disclosed that it kept the outcomes of 167,486 candidates, representing 8.59 percent of the 1,950,726 prospects who sat for the assessment, over allegations of evaluation malpractice.
The council described that the impacted outcomes were withheld pending investigations into different forms of malpractice, consisting of the use of smart phones during assessments regardless of an existing restriction and organised unfaithful in some examination centres.
WAEC likewise revealed that a number of managers and invigilators implicated of facilitating examination malpractice had actually been apprehended and would face disciplinary measures through the appropriate state ministries of education.