The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has in a press release issued yesterday, April 9, 2025, informed “the general public that it has filed an indictment against Issa Kamara, Chief Examiner of the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) and of No. 82 Hanga Road, Jui, Freetown, and Ibrahim Kamara, Assistant Examiner of WAEC and of No. 15 Kissy Brook, Off Akram Junction, Freetown.”
According to the ACC, “Issa Kamara is indicted on six (6) counts, while Ibrahim Kamara faces five (5) counts of corruption offences.”
“The two individuals are charged each, with one (1) count of Abuse of Office, contrary to Section 42(1), one (1) count of Abuse of Position, contrary to Section 43, one (1) count of Using Office for Advantage, contrary to Section 44(1), one (1) count of Conspiracy to Commit a Corruption Offence, contrary to Section 128(1), and one (1) count of Academic Malpractice, contrary to Section 128(3)of the Anti-Corruption Act, No. 12 of 2008, as amended by the Anti-Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2019.”
The press release adds that Issa Kamara “also faces an additional charge of one (1) count of Influencing a Public Officer, contrary to Section 30 of the same Act.
The particulars of offence note that “Issa Kamara and Ibrahim Kamara improperly used their offices to commit a corruption offence by conferring an advantage on one Foday Fasuluku Mansaray, a candidate in the May/June 2024 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE), thereby engaging in academic malpractice.”
“Moreover, on diverse dates in August 2024, Issa Kamara collected a specific examination script belonging to his nephew and handed it over to Ibrahim Kamara, who answered some of the questions on the script before returning it to be placed among other scripts for marking. “
