[Education] ABUAD Best Graduating Student Gets Car Gift Worth N5.7m.

Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) best graduating student, Esther Adaobi Azom, had been lavished with gifts for her rare academic talents. The medical graduate was gifted with a brand new car and over half a million naira.

The brand new car worth N5.7m, was courtesy of owner of Cosharis Motors, Cosmos Maduka. Also, the sum of N750, 000 was presented to her by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Adaobi.

Esther reportedly had distinctions at every level, from her first year in the University to the final year.

It was disclosed that in her MBBS examinations, she had distinctions in the three courses namely – medicine, surgery and community medicine.

Speaking at Ado-Ekiti during the induction ceremony, the CMD revealed: “Three out of the 43 first set of Medical Doctors who have completed their training at ABUAD will undergo their housemanship in UCH, Ibadan.”

The Founder and Chancellor of ABUAD, Are Afe Babalola, SAN was filled with pride as he described the unprecedented feat of the medical students as unique in many ways.

He said: "Apart from scoring 100 percent in their first final medical examination, eight out of the 43 students that sat for the examination made distinctions – the equivalent of first class in other disciplines."

This is coming after social media was thrown into outrage as reports of the Best Graduating Student of Mass Communication, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Best Somadina Nwabuwa, was honoured for his outstanding performance with an undisclosed cash price as well as a live chicken and yam tuber.