The controversy over the recently released 2026 West African Examinations Council results for school candidates has deepened following allegations of glitches and irregularities by a WAEC official.
The Head of Examinations at the WAEC office covering Anambra, Olanrewaju Fadehan, made the claims in a viral video, saying candidates who took the computer-based examination were badly affected.
Fadehan said problems became noticeable around the release of the results, which he claimed were initially expected between August 3 and 5, 2026. He added that WAEC traditionally releases results on Mondays.
He said, “Obviously, there was a problem because the press was eagerly waiting on Monday, the scheduled date. There was a need to quickly do some last-minute adjustments. Something was wrong.”
According to him, the adjustments affected CBT candidates, especially in Mathematics, English and Igbo. He also questioned how some South-East candidates performed poorly in Igbo despite the language being widely spoken in the region.
Fadehan said schools that invested heavily in CBT facilities were also affected, with some spending over N60m.
“The call for a review this year is particularly disturbing, as it is alarming. Schools that subscribed to the CBT innovation of WAEC were badly hit. Some of them spent upwards of N60m and above to set up their CBT facilities,” he alleged.
He further claimed some candidates were not given appropriate calculators, which affected their performance in Mathematics and other calculation-based subjects.
Fadehan said he raised concerns during the examination and petitioned the WAEC Board, the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Examining Bodies and the Minister of Education.
He alleged that instead of addressing his complaints, he faced disciplinary proceedings and was later placed on interdiction.
“I call on the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to investigate the cause of failure of candidates, particularly those who chose the computer-based WAEC,” he said.
He also alleged financial impropriety involving calculators, students’ identification cards and charges imposed on candidates and other service seekers.
Fadehan urged the Federal Government and stakeholders to investigate, stressing the importance of examination integrity to Nigerian students’ future.
When contacted on Thursday, WAEC Head of Public Affairs, Moyosola Adesina, declined to comment.
“No comment for now,” she said.
On August 18, it was reported that WAEC was facing scrutiny over the integrity of the released WASSCE results, with school administrators and education advocates alleging grading anomalies and technical glitches linked to the expanded CBT rollout.
They claimed some high-performing students received lower grades than expected based on their academic records and performance in other standardised assessments.
