The West African Examinations Council has withheld the results of 167,486 candidates who sat the 2026 Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates over alleged examination malpractice.
The figure represents 8.59 per cent of the 1,950,726 candidates who took the examination and marks a decline from the 9.7 per cent recorded in 2025.
The Head of the WAEC Nigeria National Office, Dr Amos Dangut, announced the development while releasing the results in Lagos on Wednesday.
Dangut cited the increasing use of mobile phones in examination halls despite an existing ban, as well as organised cheating in some schools, as key reasons for the withheld results.
He noted that some supervisors and invigilators found assisting candidates had been arrested and would face disciplinary action through the relevant state ministries of education.
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