Senator Dino Melaye has come under criticism on social media for saying Nnamdi Azikiwe was never president of Nigeria.
Melaye made the comments on Monday during an interview on Arise TV.
“Nigerians know that no regional champion has ever become president of this country. Awolowo was a very fantastic leader and a fine man but never became president of this country. Azikiwe being a regional champion never became president of this country,” he said.
Melaye, who is the spokesman for the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, was however corrected by his interviewer Rufai Oseni that Azikiwe was in fact the first president of Nigeria.
See below what Nigerians are saying about Melaye’s comments:
