Army officer emerges best student in UK varsity

• UNIBEN Student Wins First NCDMB Oil, Gas Essay Competition

Lieutenant Colonel Sikiru Adepoju Mohammed of the Nigerian Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers has emerged best PhD Engineering student and overall second best at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom.

The Nigerian Army officer, who holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and Master’s degree from the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) said, due to his interest in seeing students pursue higher learning in engineering related disciplines, he would commit his cash prize to providing teaching aid at Community Senior High School, Akodo, in Ibeju/Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State, where he hails from. His research interest is in additive manufacturing, corrosion and robotics.

Meanwhile, an undergraduate of the University of Benin, Edo State, Mr. Kingsley Osamede, has won the annual oil and gas essay competition by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB)Osamede is a 200-level student of Medicine and Surgery was rewarded with a cash prize of N500,000, a laptop and a plaque.

He defeated Augustine Ekele, a 200-level student of Dentistry and Dental Surgery at UNIBEN; Victory Williams of Federal University, Otuoke; Elizabeth Ezekiel, a student of Medicine and Surgery, Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma and Mayeroghene Obodoya of Delta State University, Abraka, to win the coveted award.

Earlier, in his remarks, the chairman of the occasion and Commissioner for Education, Bayelsa State, Mr. Jonathan Obuebite, said capacity development was imperative in developing the country.