Borno: Eight killed as farmers, herders clash in Bayo | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

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The clashes between farmers and herders over alleged encroachment on farmlands have claimed eight lives in Bayo Local Council of Borno State.

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, flanked by the Special Adviser to the President on Media, Femi Adesina ; and Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media, Garba Shehu, during a press conference on security challenges in Borno, at the State House, Abuja…yesterday. PHOTO: PHILIP OJISUA

The council, with a population of over 78, 900, is located 237 kilometres south of Maiduguri, the state capital. A counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad Region, Zagazola Makama, on Friday, disclosed: “The people were killed after an argument by some farmers over an encroachment of their farmlands with cattle.”He added that on November 30, 2022, another set of pastoralists encroached and led the cattle to eat up their crops.He noted that the deployment of security personnel stopped the attacks from further spreading to other farmlands.

 

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When terrorists go into people's farms and murder them they say it is farmers herders clash. The government complicity starts from they arming the terrorists in the form of herders & not allowing the farmers to bear arms! The herders are government agents!

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