An alarming video has emerged online showing candidates sitting for the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination writing their Agricultural Science practical examination late into the night without grid electricity, relying entirely on lanterns and mobile phone flashlights.
The viral footage captures the students working in total darkness, with many forced to find alternative light sources just to fill out their papers.
The development has triggered intense anxiety among parents regarding both the overall administration of the examination and the immediate safety of the candidates.
In response to the incident, a cleric, Pastor S.O. Solarin, strongly condemned the late distribution of examination materials to the various centres, warning that such massive delays expose the young students to severe security vulnerabilities.
Speaking in a video broadcasted via his official Facebook page, Solarin noted that multiple reports indicated candidates were left waiting for several hours before their examination sheets finally arrived, keeping them at the venues long past regular school hours.
He labeled the situation highly disturbing, especially considering the current security climate in the country, which includes ongoing threats of community attacks and kidnappings.
Expressing his concern, he said, “It has come to our hearing that some of our students writing WAEC only received their examination papers now.
Given the security situation in the country, WAEC officials need to explain why students are being kept at examination centres so late in the day.”
Solarin concluded by demanding that the West African Examinations Council provide a clear explanation for these structural delays to anxious parents, schools, and the affected communities.
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