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Buhari congratulates Nigeria’s world scrabble champion, Falconets

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday congratulated 36-year old Nigerian, Wellington Jighere,  who emerged overall winner of the World Scrabble championship in Perth, Australia.

 A statement issued in Abuja by Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,said that  President Muhammadu Buhari was on the phone to Perth, Australia, to felicitate with Jigher,   Jighere, the World Champion, the first ever from Africa, defeated Lewis Mackay of Cambridge, England, by 448 points to 426 to win the championship in which 450 players across the world competed for.“Please, pass my congratulations to other members of Team Nigeria,’’ the statement quoted the president as telling Jighere.

According to the statement, five other Nigerian representatives finished among the top 50 scrabble players in the world bracket.


 

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