Jighere Wellington Is New World Scrabble Champion,speaks On His Win!

Nigeria's Jighere Wellington on Sunday morning{8th November 2015) emerged the new Scrabble champion of the world after defeating Lewis Mackay 4-0 in a Best of Seven series in Perth Australia. Wellington finished first in a 32-Game Scrabble marathon to qualify for the two-man finals and defeated his English opponent in just 4 games, thus becoming the new World Scrabble Champion.




Shortly after his victory, Jighere took to Facebook saying: "Thanks all, for the prayers and the support. Just like our Oga, Sammy Okosagah, alluded to earlier on, it was a battle between one man and a whole continent. It was like I was borrowing the "pickability" of all the glorious pickers in the house. I'll be releasing a more appropriate statement later. I really must endeavor to rest now. I've not slept well in about a week. The fact that I was able to perform in spite of the sleeplessness still baffles me. It only goes to prove that God was deeply involved in this matter. To him alone be all the glory!"



Jighere Wellington is a graduate of the University of Benin and finished NYSC in August 2015.