BY Johnson Agada
Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, is currently trending on social media over a statue erected in honour of President Jacob Zuma of South Africa.
Zuma is on a two-day working visit to Imo.
He has been conferred with chieftaincy title – Ochiagha di oha mma of Igbo land – and also given the Imo Merit Award – the highest honour in the state, with a street named after him.
But the issue sparking controversy is the giant-sized statue of Zuma in the state. Some critics asked why a state which is owing salaries would spend millions of naira on such craft.
Here are some of the reactions on social media:
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