By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
Cries and lamentation as
suspected Boko Haram fighters Saturday November 28, 2020, killed no fewer than 60 farmers in Borno State.
While it is not certain the number of injured people, it is said that the criminals whisked away many women and children.
The farmers were waylaid on their way to their rice farms which they were harvesting before the surprise attack.
The attack occurred around Marrabati and Hammayya villages, near Zabarmari in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State.
Civilian Joint Task Force sources say 60 of the farmers were gathered before the assailants shot at close range or beheaded their victims.
Sources say the location, which is a distance from the last Jere town with inhabitants, is a known stronghold of the insurgents.
Meanwhile, local government elections were conducted in the state today, with voter apathy witnessed in some parts of the state.
It is not clear if the ill-fated farmers cast their vote before proceeding to meet their deaths.
