WASSCE: Police Arrest 12 Over Exam Malpractices

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested twelve suspects for their involvement in various examination malpractices in the just concluded West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in some states across the country.

The suspects were invigilators, supervisors and school functionaries who allegedly used their positions “to perpetrate and encourage varying degrees of examination malpractices, including online transmission of examination questions and answers on various social media platforms”, police investigation revealed.

The arrest was made known in a statement by Frank Mba, Police spokesperson, on Friday.

Mba revealed the names of the suspects which are; “Daye West ‘m’ 52years, Shalom Essien ‘m’ 39yrs, Anyanwu Precious ‘f’ 27yrs, Hanson Beloved ‘m’ 38yrs, Ali Musa ‘m’ 46years, Umar Mohammed ‘m’ 50yrs, Isa Abdullahi Arikya ‘m’ 39years, Hamisu Haussaini Abdullahi ‘m’ 33years, Maharazu Sabo ‘m’ 41yrs, Yusuf .M. Mailafiya ‘m’ 55years, Sule Bukata Garba  ‘m’ 40yrs, Wudana K. Solomon ‘m’ 30years, were arrested in Kano, Rivers, Nasarawa and Bauchi States respectively”.

“The arrest of the suspects is consequent upon the renewed partnership between the Exam body and the Police aimed at ensuring and promoting the integrity of examination processes in the country,” the statement added.

According to the statement, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, assured the examination body of “continuous support to discourage examination malpractices and bring perpetrators to book”.

“He also enjoins parents, guardians, students and all other stakeholders in the examination processes to cooperate with the police and the exam body towards bringing an end to examination malpractice in the country.”