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Boko Haram kills 42 farmers in Kebbi

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Not les than 42 farmers from Aliero town in Kebbi State been killed by suspected members of the Boko Haram terrorists fleeing the fires of the Nigerian army.

Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu made the revelation on Wednesday, while addressing World Health Organization (WHO) delegates who visited the state on a courtesy call.

Bagudu said the victims went to Borno State for farming before they were murdered.

“Just last week I was informed by one of my Commissioner that 42 farmers who are from Aliero were slaughtered by Boko Haram in Borno,” Bagudu said.

“They allowed one of them to come home free to say what happened to them.”

The governor added that over 7,000 displaced Nigerians, who crossed over to the Niger Republic, were recently re-deported to Kebbi State thereby compounding the challenges faced by the State.

While acknowledging low immunisation of children against diseases in the state, Governor Bagudu said the influx of children from Benin and Niger Republics including IDPs camps in the state, posed great threat to success of the exercise.

The representative of WHO in Nigeria, Dr. Wondimagegnehu Alenu, had earlier told Bagudu that WHO discovered that there was low immunisation in the state.

He stressed that there was need for government to embark on routine immunisation of children against diseases.

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