Soludo was reacting to US President Donald Trump’s threat to
“protect Christians in Nigeria” by attacking the country and “completely wiping
out the Islamic terrorists”.

Trump was riding on a wave of Christian genocide allegations
peddled by US lawmakers, international media, and local secessionist groups.

During a media chat on Sunday, the Anambra governor
acknowledged that the US has the right to its own views.

“But when it comes to what it does, I am sure it must also
act within the realm of its own international law,” Soludo said.

“There is a deeper conversation, our introspection about
what goes on in the country. In this part of the world, eastern Nigeria, it is
not religious.

“People are killing themselves, Christians killing
Christians. The people in the bushes are Emmanuel, Peter, and John, all
Christian names, and they have maimed and killed thousands of our youths. It
has nothing to do with religion.

“In this part of the country, we are 95 percent Christians,
and around the south-east are Christians. The people in the bushes killing
people bear Christian names.

“It is wider than the categorisation of Christians and
Muslims. Nigeria will overcome, and it will end in conversation.”

Soludo emphasised the need for deeper introspection and
dialogue to address the issue.