WAEC: Supervisors arrested in Lagos, Kano, Bayelsa and Kaduna for malpractice

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has reportedly arrested 10 supervisors for involving in examination malpractices.

The Council’s Head of Nigeria National Office, Patrick Areghan, stated this on Thursday, June 9, during supervision of the examination in four centres in Abuja.

He noted that the Council’s “major problem lies with the supervisors as only few of them are reliable.

“and it’s unfortunate these are the supervisors that were nominated by the various states ministry of education and we employed them.

“We don’t have the power to nominate any supervisors on our own we only made use of credible teachers supplied to us by the ministry.

“But for a mere pot of porridge they sell their conscience and allow candidates to come into the examination hall with phones to snap question papers and post them on designated platforms.

“The good news is we catch them and they don’t go unpunished as we are working hand in hand with the Nigerian police.”