12 Suspects Paraded For Exam Leakage, Police Vows To Sanitise
12 suspects who served and participated in various capacities in the just-concluded West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in some states across the nation have been arrested by the Nigeria Police for prosecution over alleged involvement in various examination malpractices.
The discovery and arrest of the suspects was made possible following the renewed partnership between WAEC and the police to promote the integrity of examination processes in the country.
The police said its operatives discovered that “the suspects used their privileged positions as invigilators, supervisors and school functionaries to conspire, perpetrate and encourage various degrees of examination malpractices, including online transmission of examination questions and answers on various social media platforms.”
Force public relations officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, DCP Frank Mba, disclosed that, after investigations, 12 suspects were arrested in Kano, Rivers, Nasarawa and Bauchi states.
Mba said the inspector general of police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, assured the examination body of continuous support to discourage and eliminate examination malpractices and bring perpetrators to book.
Adamu also enjoined parents, guardians, students and other stakeholders in the examination processes to cooperate with the police and the examinations body to end examination malpractice in the country.
In another development, the inspector general of police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has called on members of the public, particularly the alleged victims and all interest groups in the ongoing police investigations into the case of alleged dehumanising treatment on the Signatious Hotel staff in Warri, Delta state, to remain calm as the police intensifies efforts to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident.
“The IGP, while noting that the Delta state police command has since commenced discrete investigations into the matter with appreciable progress made, assures that justice will prevail, no matter whose ox is gored,” Frank Mba said.
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