A 60-year-old man, Mr Farouk Sanni, was the cynosure of all eyes ongoing 75th-anniversary convocation ceremony at the University of Ibadan.
The sexagenarian graduated with a first-class degree in Sociology and who also bagged eight awards at the convocation ceremony has put many people in spot light.
According to him , “am a retired banker, I wrote UTME with my child, who is also studying Law at the same university”.
Mr Farouk Sanni, has achieved his lifelong dream as he graduated with a first-class degree in Sociology at the University of Ibadan, Oyo state capital.
Showing that age is just numbers when it comes to going for what one believes, Sanni bagged eight awards and emerged as the best-graduating student in his department in the ongoing 75th-anniversary convocation ceremony in Ibadan the Oyo State capital.
The retired banker from the United Bank of Africa (UBA) revealed that he studied Accounting at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife imposed by an uncle.
The sexagenarian said after he retired, he pursued his quest to understand human behaviour by sitting for the University Matriculation Examination (UTME) again before he gained admission to study Sociology.
The shining graduate said: “Studying in a class where you have those who are of the same age as your children can be very challenging, but I was magnanimous to accommodate what happened. Some called me daddy, some called me Mr Sanni while some will even say ‘he may be a daddy but he is not my father’. I experienced a lot of things, but as an old person, I was able to remain focused. Sanni has said during the brief interview.
