Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has revealed that 23 indigenes of the state are currently on death row in Indonesia for drug-related offences.

The governor made the disclosure on Wednesday while receiving defectors from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The defectors were loyalists of the late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah.

“Go to Indonesia, 23 Ndi Anambra are on death row there for drug-related offences,” Soludo said.

He blamed the trend on deceit by fake native doctors who mislead unsuspecting youths into believing that charms could help them bypass airport security checks undetected.

“These native doctors will deceive you that they will prepare a charm that when you carry drugs and enter the airport, the white man’s scanner will go blind,” he stated.

The governor lamented that many young people fall for such claims and end up incarcerated abroad.

“These young people believe them, and today, many of our people are languishing in jail across the world,” he added.