Presidency warns against retaliation to alleged killing by IPOB in viral video

 

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Presidency has warned Nigerians against any retaliatory reaction to viral video of alleged killings of non-indigenes by the Eastern Security Network, ESN and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

The Presidency, which issued the warning, said expert agencies are now verifying the factuality and veracity of the claims that accompany the horrid pictures being circulate but called on all citizens to avoid hasty steps or conclusions that could exacerbate the situation and keep to a line of conduct that will help the law to take its proper course.

“The Presidency also cautions 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”, the Presidency said.

It added that “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.