Nigeria: Zabarmari - Why We Killed 78 Rice Farmers in Borno - Abubakar Shekau

1 December 2020

The factional leader of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents, Abubakar Shekau has confirmed that his group was responsible for the killing of rice farmers in Kwashebe Zabarmari axis of Jere Local government Area of Borno State.

Shekau, in a three-minute video released on Tuesday, said his group killed 78 farmers because "the farmers arrested and handed one of its brothers to the Nigerian Army."

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