Terrorists have killed four farmers in their farmlands at Gatawa district in Sabon Birni Local Government of Sokoto State for refusing to allow terrorists’ rustled cattle feed on their crops.
Leader of the vigilante group in Sabon Birni, Musa Muhammad (aka Blacky), who confirmed the killings, noted that the terrorists attacked and killed the farmers around 4:30pm on Wednesday.
“The people of the area thought they were abducted until this morning when their bodies were recovered,” he said.
The deceased were identified as Safiyanu Usman, Abdullahi, Ya’u Girmu and Ashiru Rilwan.
Another source said that the attack followed the refusal of the locals to sell their unharvested plants to them.
“They wanted to buy their plants for their animals and the locals refused to sell them to them.
“So they invited their people from other places. They came on motorcycles, encircled the farmers and killed them,” the source said.
However, the Spokesperson of the Sokoto Police Command, ASP Sanusi Abubakar, could not be reached for comment as his phone was switched off when our correspondent called his number.
First published in Daily Trust
