A disturbing video has surfaced online showing students writing their West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) by torchlight at Unity Modern School in Asaba, Delta State, sparking nationwide outrage.
According to reports shared on X (formerly Twitter), the students were scheduled to begin their exam by 2:00 p.m. but were forced to wait until 6:00 p.m. before receiving the question papers. With no electricity at the school located in the state capital the students had no choice but to write the paper in the dark, aided only by torchlights.
In the viral video, a concerned woman is heard lamenting the situation:
“We’re using torchlight to write WAEC oo. It’s not okay. Paper that’s supposed to start by 2, they brought it by 6. No light in Unity Modern School Asaba—a state capital, not a village o.”
She further expressed frustration over the conditions and the delay, calling the incident a form of “wickedness,” and indirectly criticizing authorities:
“After they will say Tinubu is bad. This is wickedness—writing exam by night.”
The footage quickly drew reactions from outraged Nigerians who flooded social media to condemn the poor handling of the examination logistics and the government’s continued neglect of the education sector.
Here are some reactions from X users:
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@Iamkrebkira: “How dem one take pass like this? Nigeria’s education system has failed us and now the upcoming generation.”
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@Marshalforx: “If you’re a Nigerian on social media posting pictures and making silly trending videos, you haven’t suffered enough. Your head should be bowed in humility as you focus on finding real solutions.”
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@DangoteOfData: “I’m 100% sure some students haven’t eaten anything since morning. Some just once.”
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@Leo_z85: “Parents who allowed their kids to write exams at night in darkness are encouraging this nonsense. Some folks shouldn’t be parents.”
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@IconGerrard: “Tinubu and his APC cronies don’t care, after all they are busy campaigning for 2027 while we are in 2025.”
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@DJayshapzy: “In my days, people wrote with candles—maybe that’s what they’re trying to do to these kids. But back then, we didn’t have platforms to raise our voices. Nigeria’s been regressing.”
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@ChinweOfoha2: “There is no new low this country has not sunk to in the hands of these frauds.”
The incident has once again ignited national conversations around the state of Nigeria’s education system, infrastructure failure, and the inefficiency of examination administration. As of press time, neither the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) nor Delta State officials had issued a statement regarding the situation.
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