Bayero University Kano Clinches Top Honors at 4th Al-Hikmah University Inter-University Qur’ān Competition

ayero University, Kano, has emerged the overall winner of the Al-Hikmah University Inter-University Qur’ān Memorization Competition.

Sadik Ahmad Usman, an engineering student of Bayero University, Kano, emerged as the overall winner of Category B (30 Hizb: Baqarah to Kahf) at the just-concluded 4th Inter-University Qur’ān Memorization Competition, hosted by Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin.

In a keenly contested competition, Ahmad edged out other contestants with an outstanding total score of 99.5%. His closest competitor, Atukale Abdulquadri Olarewaju of the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Lagos, scored 98.3%, while Sheriffdeen AbdulRahman Akin of the Department of Building and Quantity Surveying, University of Abuja, came third with 98%.

Similarly, in Category A (10 Hizb), Firdausi Idris of the Department of Medicine, Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State, came first, while Abdulmumeen Abubakar Al-Imam Ziyadatul Khayr Al-Ameen of Al-Hikmah University and the University of Ilorin came second and third, respectively.