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After Legit.ng Story, Davido Contacts Kid Who Scored A1 Parallel in WAEC, Offers Him Uni Scholarship
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After Legit.ng Story, Davido Contacts Kid Who Scored A1 Parallel in WAEC, Offers Him Uni Scholarship

by  Israel Usulor 2 min read
  • Nigerian singer, Davido has contacted Morro Suleyman, a brilliant chap who scored A1 parallel in his WAEC examination
  • The kid has been home and unable to go to school due to lack of funds, but luck came his way after his story was published by Legit.ng
  • In a viral Tweet, Davido set out looking for the boy and has now found him and offered him full scholarship to Adeleke University

Popular singer, Davido has contacted and offered a full university scholarship to a brilliant chap called Morro Suleyman who scored A1 in all subjects in his WAEC examination.

Davido started looking for the boy after his story was published by Legit.ng.

Davido and Morro Sulleyman who scored A1 parallel in his WAEC examination.
Grace has found Morro Sulleyman who will not proceed to Adeleke University on full scholarship. Photo credit: @davido.
Source: Twitter

Young Morro's story came to light after it was shared on Twitter by a man identified as Nana Yaw.

Legit.ng picked it from there and gave the story a huge prominence, eliciting a search for the boy initiated by Davido.

Morrow Suleyan found, offered a scholarship to Adeleke University

Davido went on Twitter to announce that he has made contact with the boy who lives in Ghana and that he has offered him a scholarship to Adeleke University which is owned by his father.

Sharing the heartwarming news, Davido wrote:

"We have contacted Suleyman who lives in Ghana and he has been given a full 4/5 year scholarship to Adeleke university .. accommodation and allowance included! God bless y’all."

See his full Tweet below:

Social media users react

When Legit.ng published the good news on Facebook, it attracted reactions from Nigerians who praised Davido for his favour towards the boy. See some of the reactions below:

AdaOha Ezeigwe commented:

"God will continue to bless you and your household from generation to generation for giving the poor boy a name."

Jeremy West said:

"That's why God will continue blessing him, cuz he has been a blessing since Day one."

Dare Samuel commented:

"Davido should just add generous to his name. Man has a generous heart."

Blind woman gets help from Nigerians

In a related story, Legit.ng reported that an old woman who is blind and lives in Ibadan got help from the public after her story was published by Legit.ng

The woman identified as Mama Mulikat Sofiu got items such as a mattress, a gas cylinder, and food stuff from Nigerians.

A heartwarming video showed the woman thanking Nigerians for their kindness towards her.

Source: Legit.ng

Authors:
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Israel Usulor (Human-Interest editor) Israel Usulor is a journalist who has 9 years of experience. He worked at The Prime Newspaper and has published articles in TheCable Newspaper. Israel graduated with distinction from Fidei Polytechnic (Mass Commun, 2016). Israel has interviewed Zannah Mustapha, the man who helped negotiate the release of Chibok Girls, and Kunle Adeyanju, who rode a bike from London to Lagos. He covered exclusive stories on Chef Dami during her Guinness World Records cookathon. Email: israel.usulor@corp.legit.ng.

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