There are victories that belong to one person, and there are victories that belong to a community. What Akinyemi Precious Ayoola achieved at the 2025 Christ Apostolic Church Sunday School nationwide examination is both.
On Friday, April 10, 2026, at the Sunday School CAC national rally, Ikeji, Ara Ikeji, where the church’s best Sunday School candidates are publicly celebrated and rewarded, Precious emerged as the overall best candidate in the entire country, representing the Ilorin District Church Council, Babajide Region, in what is already being described as a proud moment for her local church C.A.C Oke Isegun Taiwo Isale, her district, and her region.
She is a student of the University of Ilorin, studying Anatomy. She is also, as of today, the best Sunday School examinee in Nigeria.
Who Is Akinyemi Precious Ayoola?
Precious is a young woman living a quietly remarkable double life, balancing the academic rigour of an Anatomy degree at the University of Ilorin with a deep commitment to her faith and her local church assembly.
She is a member of the Ilorin District Church Council (ILDCC), popularly known as ILDCC, under the Babajide Region of the Christ Apostolic Church. The Babajide Region, headquartered in Odo Owa, Kwara State, covers Kwara and Kogi States and has long been one of the spiritually active regions within the CAC structure in Nigeria.
The ILDCC is chaired by Evangelist E.T. Akeredolu, under whose leadership the district has continued to invest in the spiritual development of its members, particularly its young people.
What the Sunday School Examination Involves
The CAC Sunday School examination is not a casual affair. It is a serious, structured national academic and spiritual assessment conducted annually by the Christian Education Department of Christ Apostolic Church. Candidates are tested on their knowledge of scripture, CAC doctrine, Sunday School lesson content, and Christian living, content studied and prepared over the course of an entire year using the church’s official Sunday School pamphlet.
The competition runs at the assembly level, then at the district level, then at the regional level, with the very best rising to represent their zones at the national stage. Only the strongest candidates from across Nigeria’s numerous regions make it to that final level. And from that elite pool, only one person finishes first.
In 2025, that person was Precious.
A Win That Reflects More Than One Person
This result does not happen in isolation. Behind every top candidate in a competition like this is a local assembly that took Sunday School seriously, a district that organised and encouraged participation, and a region that created the environment for excellence to grow.
For the ILDCC and the wider Babajide Region, Precious’s victory is a validation of years of investment in the spiritual education of their members. Evangelist E.T. Akeredolu and the ILDCC leadership will no doubt look at this result as both a source of pride and a challenge to do even more.
For the University of Ilorin, Department of Anatomy, it is a reminder that academic pursuit and spiritual depth are not in competition; they can and do coexist in the same person.
A Word About What This Means
In a season when Nigeria’s young people face enormous pressure, economic hardship, uncertainty, and countless distractions, a young woman chose to study her Bible thoroughly enough to beat every other candidate. She sat for an exam that required discipline, consistency, and genuine knowledge of the Word of God. And she came first.
That is worth celebrating loudly.
Congratulations to Akinyemi Precious Ayoola, on behalf of ILDCC, the Babajide Region, and every person who prays that Nigeria’s next generation will be one that knows God as well as it knows the world.