- About 15 rice farmers were killed while several other missing after the suspected Boko haram members attack the rice farmers in Koshebe, Karkut and Bulabulin in Mafa local government
The leadership Newspaper reports that the Zabarmari farmers were attacked by suspected Boko Haram members while harvesting rice.
Awali Casa, a rice farmer, who confirmed the attack on Monday to LEADERSHIP in Maiduguri, said there was palpable fear among the Zabarmari rice farmers as they were still searching for the bodies of their fellow farmers killed on their rice fields by the terrorists, as well as those missing.
It was gathered that the heavily armed terrorists, who were on motorcycles divided themselves into groups stormed the rice fields and started attacking the farmers.
The sources said that the attackers used cutlasses and knifes to stab the victims in multiple parts of their bodies.
“So sad, nine bodied were recovered as of yesterday (Sunday) night while the search for others who fled the attacks were still ongoing,” Makama said.
It could be recalled that the Boko Haram terrorists about three years ago also killed over 76 rice farmers in the same Zabarmari, a rice farming community in Jere local government area of the state. Some of the Zabarmari rice farmers, who are also in communities in Mafa local government area, are the victims of the latest attack.
In the previous attack, the Boko Haram terrorists admitted to killing scores of the rice farmers and said the attacks were carried out as punishment for the farmers’ collaboration with the Nigerian military
