Mohammed Chiroma shared the news on Facebook, praising the boy’s father Ahmed Shehu, a staff of the College of Agriculture Maiduguri.

“Congratulations shekh Shafiq Ahmed for memorising the the holy Qur’an. It is a wish of every parent of Islamic faith, to see his son like this. May Allah reward you Ahmed Shehu, for the efforts that you made in giving him such a wonderful knowledge”.