At least seven farmers were killed in their farmlands in Faru village, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State in the early hours o...
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At least seven farmers were killed in their farmlands in
Faru village, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State in the early hours
of Saturday.
An indigene of the area, Garba Abdullahi told The PUNCH that
the victims were in their farmlands for this year’s farming season when they
were attacked and killed by the bandits.
Abdullahi stated that one of his relations, Sani Akwala, was
among the farmers killed by the bandits.
“My elder brother, Sani Akwala was among those who were
mercilessly killed by these heartless bandits.”
Abdullahi said the bandits had been terrorising the village
since the beginning of this year’s rainy-season farming.
He said the bandits vowed that no farming activities would
take place within the area in this year’s farming season.
“The bandits have been going round the farmlands in order to
ensure compliance with their directive,” Abdullahi said.
He lamented that it
would be difficult for the farmers to farm in this year’s farming season,
calling on the appropriate authorities to urgently do something.
He expressed the fear that unless something was done on time,
the people of the village would have no option but to migrate to other places.
“We are planning to flee the village due to the growing
insecurity challenges because we understand that from all indications, the
bandits will not allow us to farm this year.”
Efforts to get comments from the spokesperson for Zamfara
State Police Command, SP Mohammed Shehu, failed as he could not be reached on
phone.
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