Leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, has said the group is responsible for the recent killing of farmers in Borno State.
In a video released yesterday, Shekau said at least 78 farmers were killed in the tragic incident. The farmers were killed after the Boko Haram insurgents attacked them at Zabarmari community, in Jere local government area of the State.
The governor of the State, Babagana Zulum, had earlier said 43 residents were killed while they were working on their farmlands.
According to Shekau,his men went after the farmers because they handed over a member of the sect to the Nigerian Army, saying those giving out intelligence on their activities to the military will face the same fate.
The killing has been widely condemned within and outside Nigeria, with the United Nations describing it as the most violent attack affecting civilians in 2020.
