Criminals terrorising South-east are 99.9% Igbo, not Fulani — Gov. Soludo
Anambra State governor, Charles Soludo, has revealed that most of the crimes committed in the South-east region are carried out by Igbos.
He said, contrary to wide claims, 99.9 percent of the criminals were arrested for acts of terrorism and other vices.
Mr Soludo revealed this while addressing indigenes of Anambra in the US during a town hall meeting in Maryland.
He said: “The so-called liberators hiding in the forests are homegrown criminals feeding fat on blood money. They come under the guise that they are the ones protecting you from Fulani herdsmen.
“They live in the bushes for months, but no one has ever asked how these so-called liberators survive in the forest. They have to feed, who is paying for their services, don’t they have needs?
“In my three years and three months in office, 99.99% of the kidnappers and other criminals we’ve arrested are Igbo. Let’s stop the lies. Igbos are kidnapping and killing fellow Igbos, not Fulani.”
Meanwhile, a rights group, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law [Intersociety], has countered the governor, insisting that herdsmen were actually in bushes in the zone.
