President Muhammadu Buhari has promised criminals responsible for the gruesome murder of a pregnant northern woman, identified as Fatima, along with her four children in Anambra State, that they will face a tough response from the security forces.
According to an issued statement from the Presidents Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, warned the perpetrators of the dastardly act to expect a tough response from the security forces.
He, however, cautioned 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).
The President said while expert agencies are now verifying the factuality and veracity of the claims that accompany the horrid pictures being circulated on social media, he 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.
He also cautioned the public against the indiscriminate sharing of posts on social media, so as to deny vested interests who seek to divide the country and create disturbance the chance to do so.
In the issuance of his very strong condemnation of what he described as ‘the wild, barbarous and wanton killings of innocent people’ in the South-East region as well as the other parts of the country, which he described as ‘deeply distressing’, President Buhari warned that perpetrators will face tough response from the security forces.
Recall that Fatima was earlier in the week allegedly murdered in cold blood by elements of the banned IPOB. In the video, the pregnant woman was seen with her four children in the pool of their own blood at Isulo, Orumba-North local government area of Anambra State.
In the statement, titled: Presidency warns against hasty response to cruel videos now viral’, the Presidency said it is investigating the viral videos of the alleged killings of non-indigenes by the ESN and its outlawed group, IPOB.
