She is Lauretta Obakpolor,a 400 level student of Pharmacy,The
outspoken,bold and charismatic Lauretta won five other contestants to
emerge the winner of the polls.Uniben students eschewed gender bias and
voted her because she was arguably the best of all six candidates,she is
the second woman to lead the Students' Union Government.She won her
closest rival Iyekekpolor Clifford Efosa
by a margin of over 800
votes.This is a pointer to the Nigerian society that women can excel
politically if Lauretta could win amidst gender descrimination from
opponents.
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