Ozibo Ekele, a 2016 graduate of Ibadan School of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan has broken a 69-year-old record at the department.
Ekele is a 2013 graduate of the Univesity of Nsukka where he studied Mass communication before gaining admission into the University of Ibadan to study History.
He became the first study of the department to graduate with First class honours after he finished top of the Faculty and Department with a B.A. (First Class Honours) and a CGPA of 6.6 out of a possible 7.0.
Some of the prizes he also won include; Best Graduating Student of both Faculty of Arts and Department of History; Dr. Robert Bradbury Memorial Prize; Irving and Bonar Prize; Oba Lipede Prize; CUSO Nigeria Limited Prize; J.A. Atanda Memorial Prize; and Omoyisola Atanda Memorial Prize in History.