Human rights lawyer and former Chairman of the Nationwide Human Rights Fee (NHRC), Professor Chidi Odinkalu, has mentioned that the main safety problem confronting the South-East area is cultism financed by politicians, not the actions of the Indigenous Folks of Biafra (IPOB), as extensively believed.
Talking on Channels Tv’s ‘Politics Immediately’ on Thursday, Odinkalu maintained that the IPOB problem within the area is overexaggerated.
“Sadly, there may be an IPOB problem, however the IPOB problem is overblown. If anyone tells you that Obosi in Anambra State is an IPOB problem, that individual is a liar. IPOB can not survive in Obosi,” he mentioned.
Odinkalu criticised the tendency to attribute each violent or legal incident within the South-East to IPOB, saying such generalisations ridiculous.
“The concept that each problem in South-East is an IPOB problem is ridiculous. It’s completely not the case,” he mentioned.
He added, “Let me inform you this. The most important single problem, in safety phrases, confronting the South-East, in my estimation, based mostly on the work I’ve finished on this, is — I remorse to disappoint you — not IPOB. It’s cultism financed by politicians.”
“You don’t have a clue how horrible the issue of cults within the South-East is at this specific time,” Odinkalu famous.
Whereas acknowledging the potential for some overlap between cult teams and IPOB members, Odinkalu pressured that the 2 points are distinct.
“Is there a crossover between that and IPOB? Probably. However cults financed by politicians — that’s the largest single safety problem confronting the South-East at the moment,” he mentioned.
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