President Muhammadu Buhari has warned those killing innocent people in the southeast to expect a tough response from security forces.

He condemned the viral videos circulating of innocent people being killed describing it as wild and barbarous.

“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,” the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu quoted his principal as saying in a statement issued on Wednesday.

President Buhari’s response comes a few days after gunmen killed at least 12 people, including a pregnant woman and her four children in Anambra State.