The West African Examinations Council has disowned the viral list of 151 secondary schools whose results for the May/June 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations were purportedly withheld.
WAEC had on Monday announced the release of results of the 2025 WASSCE, where the results of 192,089 candidates, amounting to 9.75 per cent, were declared as being withheld over alleged involvement in various forms of examination malpractice.
The viral letter dated August 4, 2025, titled “Urgent notice to the following secondary schools regarding withheld results,” was purportedly signed by the Director, Examination Malpractice and Irregularities, WAEC Nigeria, Dr Florence Ajayi.
The letter stated that the results of the candidates of the listed schools were withheld over their alleged involvement in examination malpractice, asking the principals of the mentioned schools 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).”
The list of the purportedly 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.
Reacting, WAEC in a statement urged the schools and general public at large to ignore such messages.
“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.”
