Terrorists of the Islamic State of West Africa Province,
ISWAP, have killed at least 23 farmers and fishermen in the village of Malam
Karanti near Baga, in the Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State.
The attack reportedly took place on Thursday morning in
Malam Karanti, a village five kilometres from Baga.
The terrorists were said to have gathered farmers and
fishermen near the village and killed 23 of them.
“The terrorists spared an elderly man, who later alerted the
community. The terrorists assembled people in Malam Karanti and killed them.
Most of the victims were bean farmers,” a source told newsmen.
Residents trying to recover bodies of those killed were
reportedly forced to retreat after ISWAP launched another attack.
“We tried to organise a rescue mission with security
agencies to recover the victims’ bodies, but the terrorists returned and
prevented us. Many families are waiting for their loved ones,” another source
said.
Malam Karanti is an ISWAP enclave where civilians often farm
and fish despite risks.
Meanwhile, the Chief of
Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, had assured residents of the
State and the North-East that the military was frantically working to deal with
the terrorists and flush them out of their enclaves to end the crisis.
General Musa reiterated that the military was collaborating
with friendly countries such as Russia, France, among others, to deploy
sophisticated weapons that could bring the war quickly to an end.
According to him, recharging of the Lake Chad will also
enable troops to navigate the Lake Chad axis to eliminate the terrorists,
especially the ISWAP, who have capitalised on the economic fortunes of the Chad
Basin, such as fishing and farming, to boost their logistics base.
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