Abubakar Shekau, leader of the terrorist Boko Haram sect, on Tuesday, revealed that the insurgents killed 78 rice farmers and not 43.
Jomog News Nigeria reports that, Abubakar Shekau, leader of the terrorist Boko Haram sect, on Tuesday, revealed that the insurgents killed 78 farmers and not 43, during last Saturday’s raid on rice farmers at Zabarmari community in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State.
Claiming responsibility for the farmers’ killing, Shekau boasted in a video released on Tuesday, that more than 43 farmers were killed in the tragic incident.
According to him, his men went after the farmers because they handed over a member of the sect to the Nigerian army.
Shekau warned that the sect members will go after those in the habit of sharing intelligence on the sect’s activities with the military and threatened with the same fate.
Boko Haram attacked the farmers who were harvesting rice at Zabarmari community, in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State at the weekend.
Over 40 deaths were earlier reported and Governor Babagana Zulum told journalists that 43 farmers were killed.
It had earlier been reported that Shekau claimed responsibility for the killing, accusing the farmers of handing over their members to the Nigerian army.
He warned that those in the habit of sharing intelligence on the sect’s activities with the military will face the same fate.
