Boko Harm Beheads 10 in Niger

• No fewer than 20 persons were allegedly killed
• 10 youths were purportedly slaughtered
• Boko Haram unleash terror on the victims

Eko Hot Blog reports that about 20 persons were reportedly killed on Friday by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect at Bassa community in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.

Amidst the 20 victims, 10 youths were purportedly slaughtered and their heads handed over to members of the community.

A source from the village claimed those killed were because they refused to be recruited as members of the dreaded sect, adding that the sect told them that anyone who refused to join them would be met with a similar fate.

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” When we fled our community, the sect told us never to return, but we only came back to pick up our food and other necessities when they attacked us,” the source said.

In his reaction, the senator representing Niger East senatorial district, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Musa, described the killing of his people as barbaric, heartless and inhuman.

According to him: “My heart bleeds for them. This is my darkest moment as the representative of the people of the Niger East senatorial district. I am very helpless at the moment. My people, including men, women and children, are being killed like animals.

“The question is, what do they want from the people? These are harmless and innocent peasant farmers. Do they want to chase my people away from their lands?”

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