A 31- year-old man, Akharamen
Ehizokhai, alleged to have hacked into the website of the West African
Examinations Council (WAEC) has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command.
The
alleged fraudster was said to have opened a website where he posted fake
questions and answers of Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for
candidates on
agreed fees.
He allegedly charged per subject and had been
involved in the illicit deal for two years. On the internet, the suspect
allegedly collected N5,000 per subject. Some of the students who got in
touch with the suspect were said to have been directed to pay into a bank
account with the name Akharamen Ehizokhai Favour.
Following persistent reports by parents and
candidates over the alleged fraudulent activities of the suspect in Edo and
neighbouring states, crack detectives from the Edo Command were detailed to
trail him. Consequently, he was arrested in Ekpoma.
He was paraded by the Edo State Commissioner of
Police, Funso Adebanjo. The suspect admitted to have committed the crime,
saying the purpose was to make money by defrauding unsuspecting WAEC
candidates.
According to him, “ I have been into this business
for some time now and it is because I have no other means of livelihood. I am
sorry and I want God to help me out of this problem”.
Adebanjo described the suspect as the leader of a
syndicate that tracks various websites of institutions in the country. “He has
been into this business for over a year as we gathered and his activities have
frustrated many candidates who wanted to pass exams through quick means. We got
information about him and trailed him.
This is another 419 and because a lot of our
children these days don’t want to read for exams they fall victims. I want to
use this opportunity to advise students to read their books or face failure.
And it is also unfortunate that sometimes parents
indulge in this illicit act by giving their children money to pay people like
this. This is wrong and that is why we are noticing lots of failures these days
in examinations and that is not good for our country. Parents must resist the
temptation of ensuring that their children pass exams by all means so that we
will put this kind people out of job. We are going to charge him to court for
fraud”.
Parading 32 other suspects, Adebanjo stated that
five were arrested for robbery, nine for stealing, two for cultism and unlawful
possession of firearm, one for abduction and two for fraud. The Police
Commissioner listed the items recovered from the suspects to include 12 guns, five
live ammunition, 67 cartridges, seven laptop computers and two vehicles.
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