Election tribunal: WAEC denies result falsification, bribery allegations

<p>The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has refuted allegations that it was involved in unethical activities to collaborate with influential individuals in election cases in court.</p>, <p>Reports on social media alleged that a top WAEC director at its headquarters in Lagos State received huge sums of money to conceal and manipulate academic records on the WAEC database in favour of the defendants.</p>, <p>The reports claimed that WAEC was complicit in denying all litigants access to examination records as proof of an influential individual facing legal action, noting that an investigative agency had gone to Ghana and completed investigations while efforts to do so in Nigeria were thwarted by some WAEC officials.</p>, <p>WAEC spokesperson, Moyosola Adesina, in a statement, described the allegations as baseless, malicious, and mischievous.</p>, <p>Adesina stated that it is laughable and insulting to claim that WAEC officials collected bribes to pervert the course of justice and noted that it will never be intimidated to do anything unethical as an organisation guided by the principles of professionalism and integrity.</p>, <p>The examination body stated that it would have ignored the allegations, but it decided to do some clarification and enlightenment for the benefit of the Nigerian public.</p>, <p>WAEC said it is a lawful entity that respects the judiciary and willingly appears in court when subpoenaed, adding that on several occasions, the organisation has been summoned to court to verify the authenticity of results and certificates tendered by plaintiffs, and it has always cooperated accordingly.</p>, <p>In response to specific allegations, WAEC noted that its Ghana office has no involvement in the outcomes of Nigerian candidates, just as Nigeria has no control over the outcomes of Ghanaian candidates.</p>, <p>“Therefore, saying that some investigating agency had gone to Ghana and had concluded investigations on a matter, only to be blocked on the same matter in Nigeria, is a lie from the pit of hell,