PHOTOS: British envoy meets Princess Owowoh, first female officer to graduate from UK military academy

Richard Montgomery, the British high commissioner to Nigeria, has congratulated Owowoh Princess Oluchukwu on her recent achievement at the United Kingdom’s Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS).

On April 12, Owowoh graduated from the RMAS as the first-ever Nigerian female officer.

In a tweet on Thursday, Montgomery said he was pleased to meet Owowoh who was accompanied by an officer from the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA).

The British envoy said the meeting was also aimed at hearing about the officer cadet’s experience and to reflect on the relationship between the UK and Nigeria.

In 2018, Owowoh joined the NDA in Kaduna where she was appointed as a cadet lance corporal in her second year.

She rose to a cadet sergeant in her fourth year and was appointed company senior under Officer Charlie (CSUO C) in her fifth year.

Owowoh held the appointment with two other female counterparts and made history as the first female to assume the position of CSUO in the academy.

In her fourth year, she also completed the academics wing of the commissioning course and achieved first-class honours in biological sciences.

Here are the photos.