Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has sparked debate after revealing that nearly all criminal activities destabilising the South-East are committed by Igbo people themselves — not by Fulani herdsmen as widely claimed.
Speaking during a town hall meeting with Anambra indigenes in Maryland, USA, Soludo stated that in his over three years in office, 99.9% of those arrested for kidnapping, terrorism, and related crimes have been Igbo.
“These so-called liberators hiding in the forests are actually homegrown criminals making blood money,” he said. “They claim to protect you from Fulani herdsmen, but no one asks how they survive for months in the bush — who feeds them? Who funds them? Don’t they have families and needs?”
The governor urged residents to face reality rather than blame external forces.
“Let’s stop lying to ourselves,” he added. “Igbos are kidnapping and killing fellow Igbos — it’s not the Fulani.”
Rights Group Reacts
The statement has drawn reactions, with rights group Intersociety insisting that herdsmen remain active and dangerous in South-East forests, dismissing the governor’s claims as an oversimplification of a complex security crisis.
Soludo’s comments have since ignited a heated discussion across social media and political circles about the true drivers of insecurity in the region and what must be done to address it.
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