The first Igbo spelling bee competition organized by City Speller Bee in collaboration with Onitsha Business School saw 14-year-old Oluebeube Ogbonna, a student of Divine Rays British School Obosi, Idemili North, Anambra State crowned as the winner of the competition.
Oluebeube defeated 356 competitors from public and private secondary schools in Awka, Nnewi, and Onitsha education zones to cling to a N300,000 cash prize. Oruche Chukwuma of St Paul’s Seminary Ukpor and Okeke Godswill of Divine Rays British School Obosi emerged in second and third places, going home with a cash prize of N100,000 and N50,000 respectively.
The participants were tested on knowledge of spelling, Igbo syllabication, and punctuation.
