By Emmanuel Abi Couson
The West African Examination Council ( WAEC), has debunked the viral list of schools whose results were supposedly cancelled and where told to come to the their office.before Friday, August 16, 2025, with relevant documents .
In its verified X handle the body wrote :”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'”
However many Nigerians have knocked the body on the released results and take exception to the mass failure especially in English Language.
Various tweets by Nigerians express their disappointment over the outcome of the released results.
Joshua Chinedu wrote @chinedujazy wrote: Dear @waecnigeria,
We write to express deep concern over the conduct & outcome of the 2025 English Language exam. This is a call for a nationwide review or total cancellation of the subject based on serious irregularities. #WAEC2025 #JusticeForStudents
Continuing he wrote : This raises serious questions about the integrity of the exam process & grading. Students cannot be punished for conditions beyond their control. @waecnigeria must act. #JusticeForStudents #WAEC2025
Eguolo Agbroko wrote @ eguoloagbroko “Waec what happened to the English results, children that got A’s and B’s in their other subject are getting D7 and E8 in english language. Something has to be done”
Nwudu Austin wrote @AustinNwudu “We are quick to blame our children.
In a particular school, 75% of the students had E8 in English.
Nearly all had E8 in English language.
How come?
Could it be entering error or computation mistake?
We need explanation from WAEC”
K.Konnet @kingmayo84 wrote ‘It’s high time the exam body allow schools to call for their candidate scripts especially when grades don’t tally with the candidate’s performance. I have issues like this at hand with the released results. Schools should be able to call for their candidates scripts.”
Paul Gloria @paulgloria24 wrote “Maybe we should SUE @waecnigeria . because my ward cannot make such an outstanding results on other subject only for English to be E8, If this is a joke or a technical issues I bid you sort it out today else I will request for a remark via court.”
Nice.@nikistNicee wrote”2025 WAEC English Exam Was Unfair – Students Deserve Justice
Many students across Nigeria are angry and disappointed after writing the 2025 WAEC English exam under very bad and unfair conditions.
Instead of writing the exam during the day like normal,please we seek justice ”
It would be recalled that WAEC released her 2025 school based results on Monday 4 August with , a fake circular purportedly from WAEC through its Director of Examination Malpractice and Irregularities, Dr. Florence Omobonike Ajayi, which has gone viral and been shared across groups on WhatsApp and many online media.
The fake circular contained 120 schools picked across the country, majority of which are in Lagos State, stating that the “principals of the affected schools must appear before the Investigative Panel on or before Friday, August 16, 2025, with relevant documents and the scripts of the affected
