Akharamen Ehizokhai, a 31year old man, alleged to have hacked into the website of the west african examination council (WAEC) was apprehended by the Edo state police command.
The suspect was said to have opened a website where he posted fake questions and answers of senior school certificate examination (SSCE) for candidates for a certain amount of money.
He was said to have charged the indulgent candidates a sum of 5,000 naira per subject which was paid into an account named Akharamen Ehizokhai Favour. After reports by angry parents and candidates over the alleged fraudulent activities of the suspect in Edo and other neighbouring states, he was trailed and arrested at Ekpoma.
He was paraded by the commissioner of police for Edo state, Funso Adebanjo and admitted being guilty of the crime. 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.
The commissioner of police for Edo state described the suspect as the leader of a group of individuals that hack into various websites of institutions in the country. According to Funso Adebanjo, "He has been into this business for over a year as we gathered and his activities have frustrated many candidates who wanted to pass their examinations through quick means. We got information about him and we trailed him.
32 other suspects were also paraded and it was stated that 5 were arrested for robbery, 9 for cultism and unlawful possession of gun, 1 for kidnap and 2 for fraud. Among the item's recovered from the suspects were; 12 guns, 67 cartridges, 7 laptops, 5 live ammunition and 2 vehicle's.
This scenario is a warning to all fraudsters who make a living by extorting from desperate candidates that a time will come when nemesis will catch up with you, and to all candidates out there, nothing good comes easy, so it's better you suffer to read now than to pay for fake answers and end up having a bad result.
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