WAEC 2026 results: Official alleges CBT glitches, last-minute adjustments in viral video

• A senior WAEC official, Olanrewaju Fadehan, alleged glitches affected the 2026 WASSCE results, especially for CBT candidates.

• He claimed last-minute adjustments were made before the results were released and questioned poor performances in subjects like English, Mathematics and Igbo.

• Fadehan also alleged some candidates lacked the proper calculators during the exams and said schools that invested heavily in CBT infrastructure were badly affected.

• WAEC has declined to comment on the allegations, while calls for an independent review of the 2026 results continue to grow.

The controversy surrounding the 2026 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) results is showing no signs of slowing down after a senior official of the examination body publicly alleged that technical glitches and irregularities affected the release of the results.

In a video that has now gone viral, Olanrewaju Fadehan, the Head of Examinations at WAEC's Anambra office, claimed that candidates who wrote the Computer-Based Test (CBT) version of the 2026 WASSCE were among those most affected.

His comments come days after parents, students and school owners flooded social media with complaints, insisting that many brilliant candidates received grades that did not reflect their performance.

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According to Fadehan, there were obvious signs that something went wrong before the results were eventually released.

He pointed out that WAEC had traditionally announced results on a Monday and that this year's release was delayed because officials were reportedly trying to fix a problem.

He said: "Obviously, there was a problem because the press was eagerly waiting on Monday, the scheduled date. There was a need to quickly do some last-minute adjustments. Something was wrong."

Fadehan alleged that those adjustments particularly affected candidates who sat the CBT version of the examination in subjects like English Language, Mathematics and Igbo.

The WAEC official also questioned reports that many students from the South-East performed poorly in Igbo Language despite being native speakers.

According to him, the trend raised fresh concerns about whether the results accurately reflected candidates' performances.

Fadehan further claimed that schools which embraced WAEC's CBT transition suffered major setbacks.

According to him, some private schools reportedly spent more than ₦60 million to build CBT centres and prepare for the examination, only to end up with disappointing outcomes.

He said: "The call for a review this year is particularly disturbing, as it is alarming. Schools that subscribed to the CBT innovation of WAEC were badly hit. Some of them spent upwards of N60m and above to set up their CBT facilities."

Fadehan also alleged that some candidates were not provided with the appropriate calculators needed for the examination.

He argued that this may have contributed to poor performances, especially in Mathematics and other calculation-heavy subjects.

The WAEC official claimed he had earlier reported the alleged irregularities to the WAEC Board, the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Examining Bodies, as well as the Minister of Education.

However, he alleged that instead of investigating the complaints, the examination body placed him under disciplinary action and later interdicted him.

Calling on President Bola Tinubu to intervene, Fadehan said:

"I call on the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to investigate the cause of failure of candidates, particularly those who chose the computer-based WAEC."

He also accused the management of financial impropriety, making allegations relating to the supply of calculators, student identity cards and other charges paid by candidates and service users.

When contacted over the allegations, WAEC's Head of Public Affairs, Moyosola Adesina, declined to speak on the matter.

She simply said: "No comment for now."

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The latest allegations add to growing calls for a review of the 2026 WASSCE results.

In recent weeks, school owners, education advocates and parents have questioned the grading process after several students who consistently excelled in school reportedly received unexpectedly poor results.

Many of the complaints have focused on the expanded use of Computer-Based Testing, with critics urging WAEC to investigate whether technical issues may have affected candidates' scores.

As of the time of filing this report, WAEC has not issued an official response to the specific allegations made by Fadehan.