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Victims Of Zarbamari Massacre Were Boko Haram Informants, Not Farmers – Community Source

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A totally different report has emerged from the incident that led to the killing of rice farmers in Borno State last weekend by Boko Haram terrorists.

According to a source in the community, most of the victims were informants and logistics suppliers to the insurgents.

Recall that about forty-eight people were killed by Boko Haram on Saturday morning in Zarbamari.

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Following the incident, the state Governor, Babagana Zulum, had on Thursday, disbursed the sum of N600,000 to family members of the slain farmers.

A local Zarbamari, Mallam Kabiru Zanna, who spoke with Daily Post, claimed that most of the victims are collaborators of Boko Haram who hailed from Zamfara and Sokoto States and not farmers.

The people that were killed were logistics suppliers and collaborators with Boko Haram. They supply them food and fuel. They also help the insurgents in selling rustled cows”, he said.

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The source who communicated in Hausa language, also spoke on what happened on the day of the incident before things went south.

Last week, these same people were on their way to meeting the insurgents for business when they were accosted by soldiers and after the soldiers couldn’t find anything on them they let them go.”

“Meanwhile, the insurgents who were waiting saw them with the troops who later killed 5 of them after an ambush, so the insurgents accused those guys of providing Intel to the soldiers. This is the main reason why the terrorists began killing them.”

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The insurgents called them to meet on Thursday but they said they wouldn’t be able to make it until Saturday. They agreed to meet early morning 5:00am on that day. They even had their morning prayers there.”

“From there, the insurgents began to tell them about those guys who used to supply them food, who also betrayed them by providing Intel to the troops.”

“Normally if there are betrayers in a town the entire community would pay the price for such acts. At that moment, the insurgents ordered that everyone be tied. They instructed that no gun should be fired in other not to attract troops.”

“That was exactly what happened. Those people mostly are collaborators of the terrorists”, he added.

Zanna, who has been keeping tabs with activities of Boko Haram in the state, said, though some that were killed were innocent, “but very few of them. I swear most of them are traders with the insurgents. None of them is a rice farmer, they are all in trade with the insurgents”.