No fewer than 23 farmers and fishermen in the village of Malam Karanti near Baga, in the Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, have been killed by terrorists Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP.
It was reported that Malam Karanti is an ISWAP enclave where civilians often farm and fish despite risks.
The terrorists were said to have assembled the farmers and fishermen in Malam Karanti, a village five kilometres from Baga, and killed 23 of them but spared an elderly man, who later alerted the community.
A source told newsmen that residents, while 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,” the source said.
Meanwhile, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher 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.
General Musa assured residents of the State and the North-East that the military would flush out terrorists from their enclaves to end the crisis.
He explained that recharging of Lake Chad will also enable troops to navigate the Lake Chad axis to eliminate the terrorists, especially the ISWAP, who have capitalized on the economic fortunes of the Chad Basin, such as fishing and farming, to boost their logistics base.
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