Nigeria, March 18 -- Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has lamented that the Igbo-speaking people of the South-east derailed significantly in Nigeria's politics and development due to the region's agitation for an independent state of Biafra.

Mr Soludo stated this on Tuesday while delivering his inaugural speech shortly after he was sworn in for a second term in office as governor at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.

Onyekachukwu Ibezim was also sworn in as the deputy governor of the South-eastern state.

The oaths of office and allegiance were administered to the governor and the deputy governor by the Chief Judge of Anambra State, Onochie Anyachebelu.

South-east has been agitating to secede from Nigeria for decades over alleged...