The former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chidi Odinkalu, has attributed the rising insecurity in the South-East region to cults allegedly sponsored by some politicians.
Naijaonpoint reports that Odinkalu’s comment comes in the wake of rising insecurity in some South-East states, which security agencies and observers have largely attributed to the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Gunmen have in the past few years attacked security posts, killing several officers, maiming scores of citizens, and destroying properties in the region.
However, Odinkalu, during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, faulted those attributing the development solely to the IPOB.
While admitting that the separatist agitations contribute to the insecurity in the region, Odinkalu argued that “the idea that every issue in South-East is an IPOB issue is ridiculous”.
He added, “It’s absolutely not the case. Let me tell you this: the biggest single issue, in security terms, confronting the South-East, in my estimation, based on the work I have done on this, is, I regret to disappoint you, not IPOB; it is one word: cults, financed by politicians.
“All right? Now, the cults are the biggest single issue, and you don’t have a clue how terrible the problem of cults in the South-East is at this particular time.”
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