The presidency has taken steps to douse tensions in the
southeast, warning citizens with discerning minds that a viral video showing
some cruel images of killings may not be factual.
Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the
President, Garba Shehu, sounded the note of warning in a statement on
Wednesday, saying 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.
He said, “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.
“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.
“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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