Nigerian solves 30-yr equation, breaks record at Japanese university

A Nigerian student, Ufot Ekong has solved a 30-year-old maths equation and achieved the highest grades at the Tokai University in Tokyo, Japan for 50 years.

Ufot Ekong, achieved a first class degree in electrical engineering and scored the best marks at the university since 1965.

He began his success early at the university, solving a 30-year-old maths equation in his first semester.

Throughout his university career Ekong has won six awards for academic excellence.

The brilliant mathematician worked two jobs alongside his studies to pay his way as a student.

Ekong who speaks English, French, Japanese and Yoruba also won a Japanese language award for foreigners. He is currently working for Nissan and already has two patents for electronic car design to his name.

Tokai University is a prestigious private university based in the Japanese capital, which was founded in 1924. It is focused on the sciences and technology and roughly 60 per cent of all students are enrolled in these schools.

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