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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has denied reports that it perverted the course of justice by allegedly conniving with some politicians.
The politicians, according to the allegations, were those whose election victories in the last general elections were being challenged in court by their opponents.
WAEC, in a statement by Mrs Moyosola Adesina, Acting Head, Public Affairs of the council, issued to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos, dismissed such reports as malicious, wicked and misleading.
“Recently, the Nigerian press has been awash with stories of attempts by WAEC to pervert the course of justice by allegedly conniving with some highly placed persons, whose electoral victories in the last national elections are being challenged in court by their opponents.
“These reports even alleged that “top WAEC Directors” at the Yaba office, received huge sums of money in several tranches to conceal and doctor information on WAEC records concerning some defendants.
“The reports went on to say that WAEC has been complicit in denying all litigants access to examination records, in proof of their cases in court.
“It also bogusly claimed that an investigative agency had gone to Ghana and completed investigations while efforts to do so in Nigeria, were blocked by some WAEC officials.
“These reports are all baseless, malicious and misleading. We must guide against the bastardisation of assessment and the destruction of education in the country.
“When people who are not in charge of examinations and do not have the expertise and records of relevant documents and information try to hijack the mandate of a time-tested organisation, it portends danger,” she said.
She noted that such trend could further destroy the efforts by government in fixing the education sector.
According to her, WAEC deserves accolades for holding on as a colossus for the past 71 years.
She described those who query its integrity as ‘desperadoes’, who simply want things in their favour at all costs.
Adesina regretted the development, noting that sadly enough, the same people were proud holders of the WAEC certificates.
