Ahmed Miringa 
At least eight farmers were killed by suspected members of Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), in Muna, Shuwari, Tamsu Ngamdu and Burum Kaywa communities in Mafa and Jere Local Government Areas of Borno State.
Governor Babagana Zulum, who visited the communities to sympathise with the families of the victims, assured them that the government will intensify efforts to see that the remnant of the insurgents is dealt with.
He said: “We are going to have a meeting very soon to consider deploying more troops to deal with the situation. “We are also going to re-establish Agro rangers to include military personnel and other security agencies to give cover to our farmers.”
“Food insecurity is worse than the insecurity itself. So, we will do everything possible to ensure that our people go to their farmlands.
“They have to be allowed to go to their farms by 6am and come back by 5pm. We are going to discuss with the military to ensure that they are allowed to farm.” One of the fathers of the victims, Bava Abor, said: “I lost two of my sons in the incident.
They went out to fetch us fireworks but unfortunately only to hear that they were shot dead by Boko Haran insurgents at Kare Village.”
Another farmer, who also lost his brother, Ibrahim Muna, told our reporter that “they went out in the morning to their farm, on their way back home they decided to fetch firewood at Kare village, where they were intercepted by Boko Haran insurgents around 1pm on Thursday and shot dead. But we could not find their corpses until about 10 pm.”
