Victorious members of Group Nigeria to the World Youth Scrabble Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are due in Abuja on Wednesday.
The staff of 4 gamers and one official is anticipated to the touch down within the nation’s capital by 12.05pm aboard Ethiopian Airways.
Group Nigeria by Sophia Ebube Ekeruche, received the Greatest Feminine crown on the World Youth Scrabble Championships, the primary time a wordsmith from the continent is attaining such a feat.
Solely final month, Sophia Ebube Ekeruche, made historical past by successful the U-15 class on the African Youth Scrabble Championships in Kenya, the primary feminine to take action and did that with out dropping a recreation.
Captain of Group Nigeria, Abdulqudus Olawale Aliu, narrowly missed the primary place within the World to Madhav Gopal Kamath of India. Aehzam Ahmed of Pakistan got here third.
Shortly after this historic outing by Group Nigeria, the President of Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF), Engineer Olobatoke Aka, stated; “Nigeria scrabble has come of age, now we have come to show once more that it’s not solely within the grownup scrabble that we’re good, now we have youth coming from behind and successful is one other daring assertion.”
Aka defined that, after conquering Africa within the U-15 and U-19 classes, Nigeria has proven to the world that they aren’t simply African giants but additionally the world’s greatest.
“We solely missed the highest prize by whiskers. I’m elated with this glorious lead to Malaysia and we’ll start making ready for the subsequent World Youth Scrabble Championships in Kenya subsequent 12 months very early and I’m assured we will win it,” the NSF President stated.
