The
Ojukwu Memorial Library building in Owerri, the Imo State capital, was
yesterday night reduced to rubble by unknown persons.
The
building which was being built by the leader of the Movement for the
Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph
Uwazuruike, in honour of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, is located
at 2 Ralph Uwazuruike Street, Area G, New Owerri.
The
building, upon completion, would have also served as a research centre on Igbo
studies.
The
MASSOB leader who was informed of the pulling down of the building on phone in
his reaction, said:
“I
had gone to Oraifite in Anambra State with her Excellency, IyomBianca Ojukwu,
for the burial ceremony of the late father of Mr. Emeka Okwuosa; on my way back
to Owerri, I received a call from one of my members that some people had
demolished the Ojukwu Memorial Library in Owerri. He said those who carried out
the act were seen escaping in a 406 Peugeot car.
“But
I don’t know those who are responsible for this dastardly act but we intend to
find out,” Chief Uwazuruike said.
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