By Okey Maduforo Awka .
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra state has announced that there is no need for another Civil War in Nigeria contending that the Civil War ended 56 years ago.
Soludo further dismissed allegations of marginalization of the Igbos of the South East in the Armed forces lamenting the refusal of Igbos to get enlisted in the armed forces .
Speaking at this year’s Armed Forces Rememberance Day Celebration in Awka Anambra state Soludo said;
“The Police is working hard the army ; you’re working hard, but Anambra people and the rest of the South East this is the moment that we have to tell ourselves that the Civil War has ended and the Civil War ended 56 years ago.
“Because our youths from the South East and particularly from Anambra the last ruitment into the Army and even into the Police Anambra and the South East are the lowest in the country”
“I want to use this opportunity to call on our youths to enlist in the Armed forces of Nigeria and Nigeria belongs to all of us and we cannot be full members but at the same time get out and this is one area that we have been marginalizing ourselves”
“We refused to enter the Police and the Armed forces then in a few decades to come we will turn around to complain that there are no officers , of Anambra extraction or Igbo extraction so we must participate equally as equal owners of project Nigeria ”
Soludo also took a swipe on the activities of miscreants in the South East contending that no human beingbleaves in the forest but in houses .
“I want also to call on our brothers and few sisters who are in the bushes and in the forest and so called camps and some say they are liberators but this people are criminals , they are kidnappers and territories”
“They are not liberating anybody they are facades so come out because human beings don’t leave in the bushes or forests”
“Human beings leave in houses the terror era is and must be over and we have extended olive branch to the remenands the few left to come out and we will help them to become useful productive citizens of the country”
“But if you chose to be there , then the line is drawn on the sand and I keep reminding our youths that there is no one who has shut himself and leaves off criminality up to old age ‘
‘We use this opportunity once again to extend the olive branch”
“As we celebrate today, the Armed forces day we call on you to lay down your arms because the Civil War is over ”
“We cannot continue the Civil War through other means and it is not just for those of them in the South East but for the entire Nigeria who describe themselves by other ways call it bandits all over the country”
“It is time to build Nigeria to realize it’s manifest destiny and not just the largest populous Nation on earth but the most Progressives Nation on earth”he said.
The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Ikioye Orutugu, fwc, mnips, PhD, alongside other State Service Chiefs and distinguished personalities, on 15th January 2026, participated in a solemn wreath-laying ceremony in honour of officers who paid the supreme price in the line of duty.
The ceremony was led by the Special Guest of Honour, His Excellency, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the Executive Governor of Anambra State, as part of activities to commemorate the courage, sacrifice, and selfless service of fallen officers who laid down their lives in defence of the nation and the protection of lives and property.
The event featured a moment of silence, intercessory prayers, gun salute, laying of wreaths, and the unveiling and release of white pigeons by the Governor, the Commissioner of Police, Service Chiefs, and other dignitaries. These symbolic gestures represented collective gratitude, remembrance, and the nation’s hope for lasting peace and harmony.
