- Landmine kills five farmers in Borno
Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri and Yekini Jimoh in Lokoja
The communal clashes between the people of Igburra Mozum and Bassa Kwomu in Bassa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State Thursday claimed no fewer than 20 lives
This is coming as five farmers were said to have been killed on Wednesday near Maiduguri in Borno State when their vehicle hit a landmine planted near a road.
The two communities in the last two years have been fighting a supremacy battle, which has claimed many lives with property worth several millions of naira destroyed.
A community leader in Sheria, Mr. Gberegu told journalists yesterday that Igburras in the early hours of yesterday attacked Bassa kwomu and killed no fewer than 20 people, while several houses were burnt.
This, he said was in spite of the January 8 appeal by the state government for a ceasefire by the warring parties.
According to him,”the bridge linking Oguma and…
