Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly massacred at least 40 farmers in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State.
It was learnt that the farmers were attacked around 4:30pm on Sunday in Kayakura village, in Doron Baga ward.
Scores of farmers are also reported missing.
The latest killing took place a day after two people were killed and a church burnt down in Chibok community, southern part of the state.
An anonymous local said the gunmen attacked the villages in large numbers and started shooting sporadically.
“As we speak, many people are missing and they killed more than 40 farmers, predominantly those who escaped the attack in Gwoza local government area,” he said.
But a security source in the area put the number of farmers killed at 30.
“Thirty people lost their lives during the attack on the farmers in the Doron Baga ward,” the source said.
The state Police spokesperson, ASP Kenneth Daso, was yet to respond to enquiries as at press time.
