Those Who Burnt Aguata LG Not From Anambra — Gov Soludo Reveals Identities Of Arsonists

Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, has condemned the activities of gunmen and the killings in the state.

On Thursday, the headquarters of Aguata LGA in Anambra was razed by gunmen.

The development came five days after Soludo called on the federal government to speed up the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), so that he can be convicted or freed from detention.

The governor had also assured residents that he would lead his counterparts in the south-east to engage with the federal government on how to handle the insecurity in the region.

He had also called on all genuine agitators to drop their arms and embrace amnesty.

Commenting on the recent attacks in a Facebook post on Friday, Soludo said the killings in the state are despicable and not permitted.

Governor Soludo reveals that the attack was carried out by fleeing criminals who were chased from their operational camp and hideout by Nigerian security forces.

According to him, military operations at the borders of Aguluezechukwu and Ogborji communities in the Local Government had led to the dislodging of the criminal elements who he said had been operating in the areas for over two years.

The governor, who revealed that the arsonists are from other states in the Southeast, lamented why some Igbos chose to harm themselves.

He said ”They were smoked out, the camp destroyed and as they were fleeing cowardly, they decided to set the Local Government Secretariat ablaze but thank God the police came on time and smoked them out.

“From the statistics so far, 85 per cent of people arrested come from one of the states in the South East and the remaining 15 per cent from another state in the Southeast.

”It is really our people doing this to themselves.”