Adamu Garba, a past candidate for president, has come under fire from online users for making a divisive proposition.
Adamu has argued that the University of Nsukka should be renamed Queen Elizabeth University in order to honor Queen Elizabeth II. Following the passing of Queen Elizabeth on Thursday evening, Adamu made the suggestion on Twitter.
Adamu wrote: “Immortalizing Queen Elizabeth by renaming the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in her honour would’ve been an easier deal if I were communicating with our grandparents. Fortunately, they knew her worth. “Age is a grace, & 7 decades on the Throne can only be the work of God and Grace. If I’m the President of Nigeria today, I’ll declare 3 days of National Mourning for the death of The Queen Elizabeth II of England. “Those of you that went to UNN, Nsukka, get ready to redo your CVs. Hopefully, your former school will be renamed to Queen Elizabeth University of Nigeria. I congratulate you on this remarkable progress.”
See reactions below:
poshkids.thriftstore wrote: “Always misbehaving. You can change your own name to Queen Elizabeth to immortalize her nah…abi how”
jenny_presy wrote: “It’s the fact that he thinks he owns Nigeria for me…the nerve”
omololad____ wrote: “This one will just type nonsense every 5business days”
imightbeusman wrote: “God please now… What’s all these now?Huh? Why would someone ever think of renaming anything after a “colonizer” What’s wrong with our people now. This is someone that doesn’t even want you to live a free life and you’re still thinking of celebrating her.”
_deagram wrote: “This man just decided not to make sense with whatever he said up there. Ex presidential aspirant indeed.”
iamshadk101 wrote: “Abeg shift, how many of our former great leaders them done immortalize for England.”
