Christians Are Killing Christians In South-East, Soludo Says Trump’s Genocide Claims Misleading
Anambra State Governor, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims that Christians in Nigeria’s South-East are victims of a religious genocide, calling the allegations false and misleading.
Speaking during a live interview on Channels Television, Soludo said the ongoing violence in the region is driven by political, social, and economic grievances, not religious persecution.
“The situation is more complex than it appears from outside,” he said. “In eastern Nigeria, people are killing themselves—Christians killing Christians. The people in the bushes are Emmanuel, Peter, and John—Christian names—and they have maimed and killed thousands of our youths. It has nothing to do with religion.”
The former Central Bank governor emphasized that the South-East is overwhelmingly Christian, with both the perpetrators and victims sharing the same faith.
“In this part of the country, we are 95 percent Christians, and the people in the bushes killing others bear Christian names,” Soludo said. “It is bigger than just Christians and Muslims. Nigeria will overcome, and it will end through conversation.”
He added that while the United States is free to express its views, any actions it takes must comply with international law.
