A human rights lawyer, Chidi Odinkalu, has claimed that politicians are responsible for the rising insecurity in the Southeast region of Nigeria, alleging that they are the sponsor of cult activities in the region.

Odinkalu made this revelation on Thursday while responding to questions in an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television monitored by DAILY POST.

He faulted those attributing the development solely to the now-proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB.

He admitted that the separatist agitations contribute to the insecurity in the region, but argued that the idea that every issue in Southeast is an IPOB issue is ridiculous.

“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,” he said.

His stance is coming following the rising insecurity in some states in the South-East which security agencies and observers have largely attributed to IPOB activities.