Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has said the rejig of
the nation’s security architecture by President Muhammadu Buhari is long
overdue following slaughtering of 43 farmers by Boko Haram in Borno on
Saturday.
The farmers on rice fields at Zabarmari, in Jere Local
Government area of Borno were on Saturday slaughtered by the insurgents.
They were reportedly tied with their throats slit by the
wicked insurgents.
Atiku, in a tweet said the killing of the farmers was
heartbreaking, saying words failed him over the dastardly act.
He lamented that the lives of citizens should be worth more
than this.
“Heartbreaking. Words fail me. The lives of our citizens
should be worth much more than this. The rejig of the nation’s security
architecture is long overdue.
“May their souls rest in peace and may their families be
comforted,” he said.
Reacting to the development on Saturday, Buhari said the
killing of the farmers by Boko Haram was insane.
He condemned the killing, saying the entire country is hurt
by these senseless killings.Buhari said his government has given the necessary
support to the military to protect the country’s population and territory.
”I condemn the killing of our hardworking farmers by
terrorists in Borno State. The entire country is hurt by these senseless
killings.
“My thoughts are with their families in this time of grief.
May their souls Rest In Peace,” he said.
Boko Haram terrorists had on Saturday slaughtered 43 farm
workers near Maiduguri, Borno.
Leader of Anti-jihadist militias told Babakura Kolo AFP on
Saturday that the group has recovered 43 bodies, all of them slaughtered, with
six others injured.
“It is no doubt the handiwork of Boko Haram who operate in
the area and frequently attack farmers,” he said.
Also, Reuters, citing a village leader, a local fighter with
the Zamarmari group and a police source, also reported the attack, putting the
death toll to at least 40 people.
A search by the authorities for the attackers has been
launched, it added.
The victims were labourers from Sokoto State in northwest
Nigeria, roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) away, who had travelled to the
northeast to find work, said another militiaman Ibrahim Liman who gave the same
toll.
“There were 60 farmers who were contracted to harvest paddy
in the rice fields. Forty-three were slaughtered, with six injured,” Liman told
AFP.
Eight others were missing, presumed to have been kidnapped
by the jihadists, he said.
The bodies were taken to Zabarmari village, two kilometres
away, where they would be kept ahead of burial on Sunday, said resident Mala
Bunu who took part in the search and rescue operation.
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