Warns against reprisal attack
The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has urged northerners not to avenge the killing of a pregnant northern woman and her four children in Anambra State.
The statement reads: In the last few weeks, gruesome killings of people in States of the South East have escalated to a point which suggests that some factions of IPOB/ESN are now operating with unfettered freedom to wrought mayhem.
In addition to killings of soldiers, policemen, public servants and other citizens, these killers are now embarking on targeted killings clearly intended to inflame passions and trigger national or inter-communal crises.
Shocking images of the murder of Northerners, including children, are being deliberately circulated by the very people who murder them, to provoke widespread anger.
This Forum condemns this barbarism in the strongest terms available and demands that those who have the responsibility to bring these outrageous provocations to an end, must do so.
There are no acceptable excuses, and those who have both responsibility and capacity must step up and protect the local citizenry, including Northerners.
