“I’m celebrating as a PhD holder, and a first PhD holder in my village, and as a PhD holder in the police, because there is this general stigma or sentiment that the police don’t read.”
Nnaji Chibueze, a corporal in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has obtained a PhD from the Abia State University (ABU).
Platforms Africa reports that the corporal bagged the degree at the 27th and 28th combined convocation of the university.
Speaking during the convocation ceremony in a video published by ABN TV, a news platform based in the south-east, Nigeria, the police corporal said he was in a “critical condition” when he started the PhD programme.
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“With respect to today’s event, I’m highly excited for what God has done for me because I started the journey under critical condition,” he said.
“In such a situation, I never knew at the end, I will have the grace, courage to start glorifying the Lord today.
“I’m celebrating as a PhD holder, and a first PhD holder in my village, and as a PhD holder in the police, because there is this general stigma or sentiment that the police don’t read.
“I started from the scratch in spite of the fact that I didn’t have anybody to help me; to start as a cadet, utilising my little income judiciously and effectively to achieve this great academic height.”
According to his profile shared by ABN TV, the police corporal, who joined the NPF in 2012, hails from Umuezibuoko Umualu in Isiuzor LGA, Enugu state.
