Tears flowed freely on Thursday when the slain 32-year-old pregnant Fatima and her four children were buried in Onitsha, Anambra State.
They were killed on Sunday at Isulo, Orumba South local government area by gunmen.
They were buried at the Hausa cemetary in Onitsha, Anambra State.
Mrs Fatima Jibril, an indigene of Adamawa State, was buried with her children: Fatima 9; Khadijah 7; Hadiza 5 and Zaituna 2.
She was also nine-month pregnant.
The General Secretary, Arewa community in Anambra State, Mahmud Ibrahim Imam, a lawyer, made the announcement in a statement to reporters in Awka, Thursday, while calling for calm.
Imam said: “What happened was on Sunday 22 May 2022. We woke up peaceful but later in the day we started receiving calls from our members from various locations of the state that the so called unknown gunmen had launched series of attacks on them, which led to the deaths of about 15 persons.
“That of Orumba local govt was the most trending which involved a pregnant woman, her name is Fatima Jibrin with her 4 kids were murdered in the middle of the road by this faceless and wicked people, called unknown gunmen.”
