Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has disclosed that the Boko Haram terrorist group murdered dozens of Zabarmari farmers and residents for giving out intelligence to the military.
Zulum’s disclosure contradicted claims doing the round that the people of the state were not cooperating or giving intelligence to the military.
He stated that many residents had been killed by terrorists for sharing information and intelligence about them with the military.
In a tweet by his spokesman, Isa Gusau, Governor Zulum noted that Boko Haram confirmed that its fighters killed Zabarmari farmers for giving out information about their movement to the military.
According to the him in the tweet: “This is one of many consequences of Borno peoples’ cooperation in years now. Many have died for giving intelligence to soldiers, yet the communities won’t stop. Many have followed soldiers to the battles and died, yet they won’t stop. Let us hear one idiot accuse the Borno people again.
“They said Borno people do not cooperate but here is the latest example; the Boko Haram just announced that they beheaded dozens of Zabarmari farmers for informing soldiers about their movement and for capturing one of their men and handing over to soldiers recently.”
The commander of the terrorist group, Shekau in a video, on Tuesday, in which he claimed that the terrorist group was responsible for the attack, said the farmers were killed because they took hold of their member whom they handed over to the military.
According to Shekau, the insurgents killed at least 78 during last Saturday’s attack on the rice farmers. Meanwhike, the Federal Government had claimed that 43 rice farmers were killed.
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