Tears Flow As Boko Haram Slaughters 40 Farmers in Northeast Nigeria
- Terrorists have attacked Kala Balge LGA of Borno state, a remote village in Northeast Nigeria killing farmers during a harvest on their farm
- According to reports, on Monday, May 23, residents buried 40 farmers who were killed during the deadly attack
- Meanwhile, following this sad incident, locals disclosed they were still combing the surrounding bushes for any yet to be recovered body
Boko Haram fighters have killed 40 civilians in Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno state.
Daily Trust reports that a large number of the insurgents surrounded the harmless civilians and began to slaughter them on Sunday.
The federal lawmaker representing the area, Hon. Zainab Gimba confirmed the incident.
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Sources react to the incident
A security source disclosed that many scavengers were killed and they have been buried according to Islamic rites.
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A security expert reacts
Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in Lake Chad claimed that dozens of the fighters attacked the peasant farmers with machetes.
The search for dead bodies continues
The search for bodies continued after the gunmen who were on motorbikes attacked people while on their farms in Rann, headquarters of the Kala-Balge Local Government Area in the northeastern part of Borno State.
Zagazola said:
“Over 40 farmers were killed and some of the bodies were dismembered while some were tied up and their throats slit by the terrorists.
“The victims were buried on Monday with residents saying many others are yet to be accounted for."
Jubilation in Borno as military kill Boko Haram's spiritual leader, 1 other key terrorists' commander
Officers of the Nigerian military have killed a Boko Haram commander Abubakar Sarki in Sambisa forest, at Yuwe in the Konduga local government area of Borno state.
It was reported that the troops attached to Operation Hadin Kai in a joint operation carried out by the land and air forces of the Nigerian military also killed the Amir and spiritual head of the Gaita general area, Mallam Shehu and some of his foot soldiers.
A statement by the spokesperson of the military, Major General Benard Onyeuko, said that as of May 16, a total of 1,627 Boko Haram terrorists and their families comprising 331 men, 441 women and 855 children surrendered to troops.
Finally fate of Boko Haram, IPOB members revealed in new law signed by Buhari
The members of the proscribed Boko Haram and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led by Nnamdi Kanu risk maximum sentencing or life imprisonment, the law Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act recently signed into law has said.
The law which was signed by President Muhammadu Buhari will most likely be used to curb the activities of both groups that have been proscribed by the court of law in the country.
It was reported that the law, however, provides a defence for members of the groups which will enable them to escape either the minimum or maximum sentence.
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