BY INUSA NDAHI, MAIDUGURI
Nine farmers were on Wednesday afternoon killed Malari general Area, Dala of Maiduguri metropolis by suspected members of armed Boko Haram sect.
Malari is South West of the metropolis and about 7km drive into the city capital, Maiduguri, Borno state.
This attack and killing of farmers on their farmlands is barely 10 weeks when Governor Professor Babagana Umara Zulum launched a special task force called Ranchers which made up of Nigeria Civil Defence Corps, Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and Vigilantes/Hunters to project farmers against insurgents.
A CJTF who participated in evacuating the remains of some of the deceased, but did want his name mentioned in the Print said, all victims were were slaughtered after being surrounded by armed insurgents in their farmlands.