STEPS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY WAEC TO CLAMP DOWN ON ROGUE WEBSITES

The Council has for some time now been monitoring the activities of rogue websites in the wake of recent reports of alleged leakage of examination papers. The activities of these websites came to the fore during the conduct of the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2016.

These rogue websites 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. This illegal practice always created an impression of incessant leakage of examination questions.

The Council therefore decided to clamp down on the rogue websites. With the information provided by investigative operatives and the assistance of the WAEC Unit of the Ghana Police Service, the key rogue website operators were arrested and initially handed over to the Ministries police for further action. But later, the Council reported the issue to the BNI which took over the case and the suspects. They are currently conducting intensive investigations on them to discover their collaborators and sources. The suspects arrested so far are ten (10) in number and have all confessed to the act. Their details are as follows:

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Ebenezer Akakpo 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. He 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 are at large.

Samuel Owusu Frimpong alias Koffi Linking. He is 30 years old and a Physics teacher at Namong Senior High School in the Ashanti Region.He 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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

Foster Bekoe alias Akwesi Sakyi. He is about 27 years old and a trader in second-hand clothing. He serves as a middleman and facilitator for other dealers. He operates with one Emmanual Drafoh alias Obama who is at large.

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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.

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.

The Council wishes to warn that it will vigorously sustain its efforts to flush out these education wreckers and, as such, is taking the fight to their doorsteps and hideouts. This, it will continuously do to protect the credibility of its examinations.

The Council hereby cautions those who intend to patronise the criminal activities of these miscreants that they will not be spared when caught. Meanwhile arrangements are underway for the prosecution of parents, school proprietors and teachers who subscribed to compromised papers through Mr. Luke Dito Dito.

It is our expectation that these actions and far reaching measures being undertaken by the Council would ensure that the 2016 BECE for school candidates is conducted successfully.

The Council wishes to use this opportunity to solicit the support of all stakeholders especially, Supervisors and Invigilators, in ensuring the conduct of a clean examination.

Candidates are advised to desist from engaging in malpractices during the examination since this could lead to the cancellation of their results.

The Council wishes all candidates well and reminds them that they can pass their examination without cheating.

Finally, the Council avails itself of this opportunity to assure the Government and good people of Ghana that it is committed to conducting credible examinations and will stop at nothing in achieving that goal.

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