Meet Michael Arowosegbe, LASU Best Graduating Student: I Reluctantly Chose LASU

24 year old Michael Arowosegbe is the best graduating student at the 20th LASU Convocation. He scored 4.86 Cumulative Grade Point Average in Biochemistry to beat over 17, 000 candidates the university produced in the 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 academic sessions

He hails from Awe, Oyo State and is the son of one of the institution’s ad hoc security men, Mr. Joseph #Arowosegbe, who was disengaged due to an accident sustained while on duty on the campus.

In his emotional speech, the young Arowosegbe‎ described the case of his father as pathetic, saying he sustained an injury which affected his back and head.

He said,

“Many of my friends and colleagues never knew that he once worked as a contract staff, attached to the Campus Marshal. I witnessed a students’ protest while in 100 level, where he was stoned. I could not cry.

“As if that was not enough, another incident occurred on November 9, 2012, which changed his life to this day. He had an accident on a bike, while on duty on campus, where he hit his head and back against the university gate. He could not move any of his limbs initially.

“Some even thought that was the end of him, and that it might affect my academics because there was no succour from the appropriate authorities, But, glory be to God, he is recuperating and I am today a graduate.”

“I reluctantly chose LASU as my second choice in 2011 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and I almost ignored the post-UTME that year because I had already written that of OAU, where I scored 278.

“So, I thought with that score, together with a UTME score of 287, I was on my way to study Medicine and Surgery, so I felt the Biochemistry I chose in #LASU was to fulfil all righteousness. Today, look at where that choice has brought me.”