Boko Haram: Insurgents behead 6 farmers in Borno

6 farmers beheaded by Boko Haram members.

Six farmers have been beheaded by Boko Haram sect  at Dimge plantation, in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State.

The massacre happened on Sunday while the innocent victims were working on their farms, an eye-witness, Jiddah Ahmad, disclosed to NAN in Jere town, close to Maiduguri, on Monday.

Ahmad, the younger brother of one of the deceased, revealed that the terrorists had kidnapped seven farmers and consequently butchered six of those kidnapped, in a nearby bush.

Ahmad added that two of the killed farmers hailed from Lawanti Gongulon Village, in Jere, while the rest four were from Masu Community in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno.

“My brother was working in the farm together with other farmers. They were accosted by the insurgents when they went to fetch water at a river.

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“The insurgents shot my brother before beheading him and beheaded another farmer on the same spot while an old farmer was set free,” Ahmad said.

Usman Muhammad, a member of the Civilian Joint Task Force, revealed that the sect had previously slaughtered four other farmers on the same farmland, NAN reported.

Muhammad added that the Boko Haram members invaded the farm on motorbikes and attacked the farmers, while noting how one of the abductees, an elderly farmer was made to watch the gruesome killing and the ordered to convey the message to the victims’ families.

“We are currently seeking clearance from the military authorities, to enable us evacuate the corpses for proper burial,” he said.

The military and police authorities are yet to make statements on the killings.

Despite statements by the Nigerian Army, that they have largely conquered Boko Haram, dreaded sect continually wreak havoc on innocent citizens in the North Eastern part of Nigeria.