Leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, Abubakar Shekau said that 78 farmers were killed and not the reported 43.
Eko Hot Blog recalls that reports stated that 43 farmers were killed by Boko Haram on a rice farm in Zabarmari in Borno State last Saturday.
Shekau who released a video on Tuesday where he claimed responsibility for the attack said that it was 78 farmers they killed.
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The terrorist group said the farmers had collaborated with the Nigerian Army in arrested some of its members.
Shekau threatened that the sect members will go after those giving out intelligence on their activities to the military.
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