President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, November 8, 2015 made a phone call to Wellington Jighere the world’s new Scrabble champion.
Mr. Jighere Wellington of Nigeria on Sunday morning emerged the new Scrabble champion of the world after defeating Lewis Mackay 4-0 in a Best of Seven series in Perth Australia.
The duel which was monitored online kicked off at 2 a.m. Nigerian time with the winner set to emerge after coming tops in seven games.
A series of tweets by presidential spokesperson Garba Shehu confirmed the call.
Pres @MBuhari was on the phone moments ago, felicitating with a Nigerian who has emerged World Scrabble Champion, the first ever from Africa
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) November 8, 2015
