By Khadijat Fowosere
Oluwatimilehin Doko, a 500-level Pharmacy student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has emerged champion at the 15th African Scrabble Championship held in Kigali, Rwanda.
The competition, which ended on October 26, brought together competitors from ten African countries.
Top scrabble players from Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Gambia, Mauritius, Zambia, and Cameroon, among others, jostled for the title in 32 competitive rounds.
Doko’s brilliance at the four-day championship shone from the outset, with a 487-423 victory against Uganda’s Godwin Murungi seeing him end day one with 7 wins from 8 matches.
In the 13th round, a 497-420 win against fellow Nigerian Mumeen Jimoh pushed Doko to the first table in the competition.
Doko also won against Jimoh in the 31st round, surpassing him with a score of 574-442 which saw him lead the pack with a total of 24 victories.
David Ojih, another UNILAG student, also shined in the under-25 category of the competition. The Human Kinetics and Health Education student secured sixth place in the competition, finishing with a 20-12 (907) record.
The achievements of these students follow the victory of Enoch Nwali, fellow UNILAG alumnus, who triumphed in Lusaka, Zambia in 2021.
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