Adebiyi Adedapo in Abuja
The Arewa Youths Integrity Forum (AYIF) has condemned what it described as the desperate attempt to exonerate the alleged culprits of the killing of Hausa-Fulani residents in Abia state.
The group, in a statement signed by its president, Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar, said the criminal intention to shield the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leaders who committed the atrocities from justice is unfortunate.
According to the statement, Department of State Services (DSS) had indicted IPOB in the death of the five men following the discovery of mass graves with scores of yet to be identified bodies in a forest in the state.
The group said it is lending its voice to the demand for the prosecution of all those involved in the heinous act by the appropriate security agencies that must also confront IPOB collaborators who seek to use such provocation to trigger widespread unrests in Nigeria.
Abubakar in the statement, warned that shielding the perpetrators from justice would encourage more killings as they would be encouraged to consider their murderous acts the new normal.
The statement explained that making the killers face the law is important to reassure other ethnic nationalities and discourage them from embarking on reprisals.
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