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TRIBUN-VIDEO.COM – 110 people were found dead in the horrific massacre of peasants in northeastern Nigeria.
This attack is believed to have originated from the Boko Haram group, which has carried out deadly attacks against various clans in the Borno area.
Many in the country are increasingly frustrated by the inability of the authorities to resolve the sectarian conflict.
The killings took place on Saturday afternoon in Koshobe Village and other rural communities in the local government area of Jere, near Maiduguri, the capital of the conflict-torn state of Borno.
“Gunmen on motorcycles carried out brutal attacks on civilian men and women harvesting their fields,” said Edward Kallon, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, on Sunday (11/29/2020) local time.
“The incident was the most violent direct attack on innocent civilians this year.
I ask that those responsible for this heinous and senseless act be brought to justice, ”Kallon said.
Reported by Tribunnews.com, This assassination is suspected of being carried out by the armed group Boko Haram and its splinter faction, the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP).
They are known to have carried out a series of deadly attacks in the area in recent years.
Its fighters have killed more than 30,000 people in the last decade.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who took office in 2015, vowed to correct the security crisis and condemned the latest massacre.
“I condemn the murder of our peasant workers by terrorists in the state of Borno. The entire country is wounded by this senseless murder, “said President Buhari through his spokesman.
But Nigerian security analyst Sulaiman Aledeh said that many in the country were increasingly frustrated by the inability of the authorities to deal with the sectarian conflict.
“If you’ve seen (what happened to) Niger, President Mahamadou Issoufou had to fire his security chief when 89 soldiers were killed.
So Nigerians ask why they are defending these people, “he told Al Jazeera from Lagos.
“The problem here is that the current government seems to value loyalty over professionalism.
They (Nigeria) think that now the government should try other good people to get them out of this mess, “he added.
Earlier on Sunday, Borno Babaganan Governor Umara Zulum told reporters that at least 70 farmers had been killed.
Bulama Bukarti, an analyst at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, said that Boko Haram’s lack of control has destroyed lives and the economy.
“The security forces have clearly lost this war,” he told Al Jazeera, describing 2019 as “the deadliest year” for Nigerian security forces since Boko Haram’s armed campaign began in 2009.
About 800 soldiers died, most in the first half of last year.
The Nigerian army also changed its strategy by introducing a “supercamp strategy”.
In other words, withdrawing soldiers from rural areas and consolidating them to reduce military casualties.
“The strategy has succeeded in reducing military deaths, but the side effect is that the Nigerian army has handed over control of rural Nigeria to Boko Haram fighters.
“We have Boko Haram, who ruled northeast Nigeria, and criminal gangs that rule rural communities in northwest Nigeria;
This has had a devastating effect on the Nigerian economy and the future of the country as a whole, “continued Bukarti.
(Tribun-video.com/Tribunnews.com)
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