Angry youths have burned down the statue of a pioneer President of Nigeria, the late Nnamdi Azikiwe in Onitsha, Anambra State.
The statue located at Denis Memorial Grammar School Roundabout, Awka Avenue, Onitsha, is known as Zik Roundabout.
Some of the youths were heard saying while destroying the effigy “You put us in this mess by championing one Nigeria” and “You are the cause of our trouble.”
In several parts of the country, hoodlums have since hijacked the #EndSARS protest, forcing states to declare curfews.
According to PM news, Victor Ononye, a kinsman of Azikiwe, reacted to the incident and said that the mob’s action was uncalled for.
“The Right Hon Dr Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe, the first President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, must be expressing regrets wherever his spirit is, for attracting independence to Nigeria,” he says.
