99% Of Arrested Kidnappers In Anambra Are Igbo, Not Fulanis – Soludo
Governor Charles Soludo has stated that 99 percent of those arrested for kidnapping and other crimes in Anambra State over the past three years are of Igbo origin.
Speaking during a town hall meeting with Anambra indigenes in the United States, Soludo debunked the widely held belief that Fulani herdsmen were behind the insecurity in the state.
“I have been in office for three years and three months. If we have arrested 100 criminals and kidnappers, 99.99% of them are Igbo youths,” he said.
He described the idea that Fulani were responsible as “propaganda” that misled many youths.
“That was part of the lies pushed as propaganda, that the Fulanis were behind it all. That lie led our youths into kidnapping because it became the next lucrative job after ‘Yahoo’ and drug trafficking,” he said.
Soludo stressed that Igbo were kidnapping and killing fellow Igbo.
“All these camps are Igbo youths,” he said. “Even I came into office with that false narrative that Fulanis were invading our land, waiting for a whistle to take over.”
He urged those in the diaspora to invest back home and help rebuild the state.
“Even people from other states now call it the ‘Anambra job’. They buy motorcycles, come here, get trained in the bush, and start the business. But when they are caught, they blame the Fulanis,” he said.
He questioned how those claiming to be fighting for the people survive for months in the forest.
“Nobody asked how these so-called liberators feed. I want you to quote me right — 99.99% of all the criminals we have arrested are Igbos. All these camps are Igbos,” Soludo said.
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