The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has dropped names of suspects who leak forged examination questions to students.
The
individuals, 8 males and 2 females have confessed to the crime and are in
custody assisting in investigations.
A statement signed and issued in
Accra by Mrs. Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, Deputy Director, Public Affairs, said the
suspects are operators of “rogue websites who peddled fake questions presenting
them as leaked papers and also in authentic papers which had been compromised
after their official release from the Council’s depots.”
Below
are the details of the ten suspects
1. Ebenezer Akakpo is popularly known as Mr. Luke Dito Dito. He is 21 years old and a pianist. He
operates the rogue website under the name SHS Pop Up. Mr. Luke Dito
Dito has over 26, 800 subscribers some of whom are parents, teachers, and
school proprietors. He operates also with Moses Aryee Okaitei popularly called
Santiago and one Chris Brown who is at large.
2. Samuel Owusu Frimpong alias Koffi
Linking. He is 30 years old and a Physics teacher at Namong Senior High School
in the Ashanti Region. Koffi Linking operates
the rogue website with the name Linking but claims that he does not know the
number of subscribers. He also distributes to other dealers.
3. Alice Apama alias Alice. She is 28 years and a mother of one. She is a
factory hand in a commercial press house in Accra and relays the items from her
source by phone to subscribed clients.
4. George Obeng Asiedu alias Arafat/Ostino George. He is 35 years and an Economics
teacher of Osino Senior High School in the Eastern Region. His specialty is
with proprietors of private schools.
5. Westerman Ayimadu Amankwah, a Biology teacher
of Osino Senior High School. He takes snapshots of questions in the examination
room and forwards them to dealers for answers and broadcasting.
6. Isaac Dadzie alias Ike. He is 20 years old and claims to be a part-time
worker with NCCE in Cape Coast. He collects the papers from designated sources
and hands them over to various dealers especially Mr. Luke and Linking.
7. Alex Asoeanyinah alias Alabama. He is 39 years old, an Integrated Science teacher and the Senior Housemaster of Achinakrom Senior High School in the Ashanti Region. He forwards the items mainly to students.
8. Foster Bekoe alias Akwesi Sakyi. He is about 27
years old and a trader in second-hand clothing. Akwesi Sakyi serves
as a middleman and facilitator for other dealers. He operates with one Emmanual
Drafoh alias Obama who is at large.
9. Nana Yaa Asanewaa alias Nhana
Yhaa. She is 19 years and a casual staff of MTN. She registers
SIM cards with fictitious names and details for the dealers to receive payment
by MTN mobile money.
10. Prince Gbadago alias Sir
Prince. He is 21 years and apart from being a dealer, he provides
forged results slips for vulnerable clients. He works as a clerk in a Travel
and Tour company.
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