By Oluwaseun Sonde
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has strongly condemned the wild, barbarous and wanton killings of innocent people in the South-East, as well as in other parts of Nigeria.
Reacting to recent killing of mother and daughters in a viral video on social media platform on Tuesday, he said perpetrators of these deeply distressing attacks should expect toughest possible response from the security forces.
Meanwhile, the Presidency warned against any knee-jerk reactions, the creation of panic, disruption of lives and livelihoods, or even retaliatory violence, following the viral videos of the alleged killings of non-indigenes by the Eastern Security Network (ESN) and its mother terrorist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
In a statement released over Nigerians' reactions, said while expert agencies are now verifying the factuality and veracity of the claims that accompany the horrid pictures being circulated.
The Presidency called on all citizens to avoid hasty steps or conclusions that could exacerbate the situation, and on the contrary keep to a line of conduct that will help the law to take its proper course.
Also, cautioned the public against the indiscriminate sharing of posts on social media so as to deny vested interests who seek to divide us and create disturbance the chance to do so.
In the issuance of his very strong condemnation of these “wild, barbarous and wanton killings of innocent people” in the South-East as well as the other parts of the country,
Which he described as “deeply distressing,” President Muhammadu Buhari warns the perpetrators of these acts to expect tough response from the security forces.
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