NAIJ.com internet person of the year: Who is your discovery of 2016? (POLL)

In the year 2016, NAIJ.com made a lot of discoveries in Nigeria, from wonderful people doing wonderful things, to hilarious phenomena in the largest black nation in the world.

Here are the most awesome discoveries we made, and we would love our readers to vote their best discovery of the outgoing year. Voting shall be also conducted on our main social media page (Facebook).

1. Alhaji Pa Mohammed Bello Abubakar

Pa Mohammed Bello Abubakar earned our respect in a bizarre but dignified way. In fact, we are in awe of him.

At a time, when the life expectancy of the average man is put at 52 years, the octogenarian Pa Bello Abubakar is the husband of 97 wives. Yes, you read it right. Ninety-seven wives and over 190 children spread over 5,000 strong household in Bida, Nigeria.

Pa Bello is an Islamic scholar and faith healer. In 2008, the man was detained for weeks for not following the Sharia law of marrying not more than four wives.

He was ordered to divorce about 82 of his wives, leaving him with just four (at that time because he later married more), as prescribed by Islam. He refused.

The case dragged into an Abuja High Court, where he was released after the testimony of 57 of the wives that they married him willingly. For being a stud at 97, Pa Bello is on our shortlist as the discovery of the year.

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2. Susan Asakpa

In a business dominated by males, Susan Asakpa has distinguished herself in the Abuja transportation landscape. We salute her courage, self-belief and determination to break the stereotype.

Working as a taxi driver is no mean feat. Only the fittest can survive the traffic, road rage and the madness on Nigerian roads.

Susan Asakpa belongs to the list of Nigerian women who are surviving as entrepreneurs in spite of daunting odds and the economic recession. For choosing to be different while pursuing her dream, Susan is on our shortlist of the discovery of the year.

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3. Muhammad Shamsuddeen Aliyu

Some things are almost too incredible. But no matter what you think, amazing things happen and human beings are capable of achieving feats thought impossible.

The case of this three-year-old Nigerian boy from the city of Zaria, Kaduna state, made Nigeria proud.

Muhammad Shamsuddeen Aliyu not only memorised the entire Holy Quran, but also emerged one of the winners of an international competition in Saudi Arabia. Before reaching an international level, Aliyu started attending Quranic recitation competition from Zaria local government.

After winning the local event, he represented the school at the state and the national levels. No wonder this child prodigy is one of our nominees for the discovery of the year.

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4. Oresegun Olumide

Oresegun Olumide is the Nigerian artist who made waves at the beginning of the year with a collection of real life paints that seem to jump out of the canvass.

Segun stunned Nigerians with his incredible paintings that speak to our existence. His art works communicated with reality and generated a buzz on the internet pushing him into a deserved limelight. For example, he was featured on CNN and got international recognition.

For being a professional and surviving poverty as a child to break into worldwide reckoning, Oresegun is one of our discoveries of the year.

You can vote your discovery of the year in the poll below: