WAEC warns candidates over activities of fraudsters

THE West African Examinations Council (WAEC), says it has discovered that some past questions are being circulated via WhatsApp and some websites by fraudsters purported to be those of yet-to-be-written papers, to deceive gullible candidates taking part in the ongoing WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2018-Second Series in Nigeria.

A statement made available to TribuneOnline late Wednesday by the Head of Public Affairs of WAEC in Nigeria, Mr Demianus Ojijeogu, says this is capable of jeopardizing the performance of candidates in the examination.

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“For instance, the question paper for Principles of Cost Accounting that was written in Sierra Leone and The Gambia today (Wednesday) is being circulated by these criminally-minded elements for candidates in Nigeria as Financial Accounting, the paper slated for tomorrow (Thursday),” the statement reads.

The council, therefore, warned candidates not to fall prey to these fraudsters but rather concentrate on their studies.