#EndSARS: Abia Youths Heed Gov’s Call To Clean Up State Capital

Hundreds of youths in Abia State on Wednesday turned out en masse to clean up major streets in Umuahia, the state capital, following the destruction that trailed the #EndSARS protest which was hijacked by hoodlums.

The clean up exercise which started from School Road, took the youths through major streets in Umuahia including Aba Road, Azikiwe Road, Isi Gate and its environs.

Addressing the youths during the exercise, Chief of Staff to the Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, Dr Anthony Agbazuere, said the excercise was necessitated by the need to clean up the streets following the unfortunate hijack of the protests by hoodlums who turned violent, littered parts of the State and destroyed properties.

He commended the youths for coming out to participate in the excercise and assured them that government has heard their demands and was working to address them.

Some of the youths interviewed after the exercise, including the Chairman, National Youth Council of Nigeria, Ikwuano Chapter, Comrade Chinweuba Anyaram, a leader in NANS, Comrade Ndom Chibuzo among others, said they were happy to participate in the clean up after the clarion call made by the Governor Ikpeazu to Abians.

They expressed their regrets at the destruction of private and public facilities, saying the destructions were done by hoodlums, and called on their fellow youths to desist from destroying public and private facilities.