A 17-year-old, Peter Arotiba, formerly of Nigerian Airforce Secondary School, Ikeja, Lagos, has emerged the overall best candidate in the 2018 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
Arotiba scored eight A1s to emerge first from 1, 976, 537 million candidates who sat for 2018 WASSCE in The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
The teenager scored all As in the following subjects: Economics, Civic Education, Tourism, English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
The second and third positions went to two Ghanaian pupils, Wilhermina Opoku and Brago Afrifa.
Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar, on Wednesday received Arotiba at his office in Abuja.
The air chief had on Monday presented an award of excellence to Arotiba during the NAF 55th anniversary dinner/gala night in Abuja.
Abubakar noted that the NAF, on its part, would continue to support him in his future endeavours.
Arotiba is a native of Mopa-Moro local government area of Kogi State.
He is currently studying medicine and surgery at University of Ibadan.
