Borno: We’re Investigating Reported Killing Of Farmers – Army

• According to reports, at least 45 farmers were killed and buried on Monday while many others are yet to be accounted for

• Two militia leaders were quoted as saying that Jihadists killed 30 men in a revenge attack after their commanders died in military air strikes in Borno

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the theatre command of Joint Task Force ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ in the North-East is yet to confirm the report on the killing of scores of farmers in Rann, the headquarters of Kala-Balge Local Government Council in Borno State.

Theatre Commander Major-General Christopher Musa said investigations are ongoing to confirm the nature of what transpired.

According to reports, at least 45 farmers were killed and buried on Monday while many others are yet to be accounted for.

Meanwhile AFP reported on Tuesday, quoting two militia leaders, that Jihadists killed 30 men in a revenge attack after their commanders died in military air strikes in Borno.

Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) seized the men in Mudu village in the Dikwa area on Saturday, the militia leaders said.

News of the incident emerged late due to poor communication as a result of the destruction of telecom towers by jihadists in the region.

“Most of the 30 men were slaughtered by ISWAP terrorists while a few who tried to flee were shot,” militia leader Babakura Kolo told AFP from the regional capital, Maiduguri.

“They were metal scrap scavengers who were in the area in search of burnt vehicles which dot villages in northern Borno following attacks by the terrorists,” he said.

He said the men had trekked from the town of Rann, 80 kilometres away, where they lived in camps for people displaced by the jihadist violence.

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Another militia leader Umar Ari said ISWAP had accused the slain men of passing information on their positions to the military in the area.

“The 30 men were unlucky to have been in the area at that time when the terrorists were grieving the death of their two commanders killed in a military operation,” Ari told AFP.

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