By Chinedu Adonu

ENUGU——THE federal road  linking the home of the late President of Nigeria and Owelle of Onitsha, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, has now become unpassable due to erosion menace which cut the road into two, few metres to the Onuiyi Haven residence of the late sage.

As a result of the development, the house which was easily accessed from Odenigbo Roundabout, Nsukka, is now isolated from the neighbourhood.

The road leading to Onuiyi Haven

A visit to the area by South  East Voice showed that the road which was taken over by the Federal Government in honour of the former president when he died in 1996 has now deteriorated to the extent that vehicles no longer ply  it.

The government reconstructed  the road from Odenigbo in Nsukka through Obukpa, Ovoko to Obollo Afor to enable mourners visit members of the bereaved family at Nsukka.

However, although, Azikiwe’s widow, Professor Uche Azikiwe, still lives at Onuiyi Haven with some of the family members, the house looked desolate as family friends can no longer visit them.

Furthermore, the Ziks’ Flats Hostels which were overlooking the Onuiyi Haven residence from the Obukpa flank had also been abandoned by students as the hostels were in various forms of dilapidation due to a lack of care by authorities of the UNN.

The proprietor of a cyber café near the Onuiyi Haven told South East Voice that the  road became impassable when the culvert constructed near the Zik’s house collapsed due to erosion menace.

The man who simply gave his  name as Vin said that people had  not been patronising his business centre as they “can no longer drive in and out of the area, except those that come on commercial motorcycles (Okada).