A statue of Ghana’s speedy former President, Nana Akufo-Addo, submit on the finish of utmost era has been destroyed.

The disclosing by way of Akufo-Addo of his personal likeness in November within the nation’s Western Patch sparked a social media backlash, in addition to being mocked and described as “self-glorification”.

Its establishing were in celebrate of the president’s construction tasks.

On Monday, native media shared photographs appearing the statue in a ruined climate, with its severed head mendacity at the field. It’s not sunlit who had focused the sculpture or what the cause was once.

The torso additionally seems to had been destroyed, and just a broken pedestal left-overs in park.

Akufo-Addo stepped unwell as president utmost while upcoming serving two phrases in energy. His birthday celebration’s candidate to switch him was once closely defeated in December’s presidential election.

The statue had already been partly vandalised utmost future with one leg being broken.

Some native citizens had previous been calling for the sculpture to be got rid of, however the native government had pledged at month of the preliminary harm to have it repaired.

Its devastate has elicited combined reactions, with some condemning it week others announcing there will have been a greater option to trade in with it.

One resident instructed native Citi FM outlet that it was once “of no benefit” to the folk, “so if it’s destroyed, its normal”.

Some other stated this was once unpleasant and there will have to had been a “proper, civil way to get it removed” including that that the motion would have damaging aftereffects for supporters of the previous president’s birthday celebration.

Pleasure FM quoted any other resident announcing he was once satisfied it were destroyed.

Utmost era, critics puzzled the significance of family finances for its development particularly at a month the rustic was once going through financial grief.

Ghana has in recent times been experiencing its worst financial catastrophe in a date and utmost era gained a $3bn (£2.5bn) bailout from the Global Financial Investmrent (IMF).

The fee-of-living catastrophe was once a key marketing campaign factor in utmost future’s election.

President John Mahama, who gained the vote in a landslide, has within the occasion criticised the erection of the statue.

He stated it was once as much as the folk to celebrate the previous president for his achievements, describing the statue as insensitive given the hardships being confronted by way of the folk.