Human rights lawyer, Chidi Odinkalu has claimed that politicians are responsible for the rising insecurity in the South East region of Nigeria and that they are the sponsors of cult activities in the region.

Odinkalu made this revelation on Thursday, Oct. 23, while making an appearance on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’.

He faulted those attributing insecurity in the South East to the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB.

Odinkalu admitted that the separatist agitations contribute to the insecurity in the region. However, he said it is ridiculous to  blame every issue in the South East on IPOB.

He said: “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.”