The West African Examinations Council said the Council does not withhold candidates’ results without due process. This was in response to a viral report titled “RE: Release my son’s WAEC certificate now, he’s slipping into depression–Mother cries out,” describing the claims as misleading. The report, which was widely circulated in national dailies and online platforms, featured a distressed mother pleading with WAEC to release her son’s 2023 WASSCE result.