President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the gruesome murder of a woman and her four kids by suspected terrorists in Anambra State on Sunday.
“I strongly condemn the wild, barbarous and wanton killings of innocent people in the South-East, as well as in other parts of Nigeria,” President Buhari wrote on his verified Twitter account on Tuesday.
“The perpetrators of these deeply distressing attacks should expect the toughest possible response from the security forces.”
I strongly condemn the wild, barbarous and wanton killings of innocent people in the South-East, as well as in other parts of Nigeria. The perpetrators of these deeply distressing attacks should expect the toughest possible response from the security forces.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) May 25, 2022
Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari sounded the note of warning in a statement on Wednesday.
He said: “The Presidency wishes to caution 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 group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).”
According to the presidency, expert agencies are now verifying the factuality and veracity of the claims that accompany the horrid pictures being circulated.
“We call 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.”
“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.”