Borno Farmers Massacre: Why my life was spared
A 44 years old man named Muhammad Sani shares more light on how the Borno Farmers Massacre took place and how his life was spared. Muhammad was one of the survivors of Saturday boko haram insurgence that killed over 35 farmers.
He told BBC that this is the first time he watched them slaughter Human beings and to sleep for him has become something very hard after that horrific encounter.
Muhammad was not a farmer but fisherman unlike all others that were killed. He went to go fishing in Koshebe town river with his friend not knowing what was awaiting them thereafter.
“Asides ram and chicken I have never witness any other slaughtering until Saturday when they slaughtered People in my front and I stood there watching, to sleep is still very hard dew to the horrific things i saw.”
Muhammad said he and his friend had already caught many fishes and they were on their way to Koshebe town when they saw men with guns in front of them.
“They asked us where we were coming from and we told them that we are fishermen and we were going to Koshebe. They then asked us if we had pots and we said no, so they said we should lead them to where they can get.”
“They collected all our fishes took us to a big room where we met many others, we Were over 50 in number, I could recognise many who were farmers from Zabarmari town.”
“They stated the reason for doing this, was because some of us were giving the Nigerian Army information about their whereabouts and we must pay.”
with all their hands and legs tied up, the next thing was that they started to bring people out one by one to kill and when one man started to argue with them, they slaughtered him right inside the room.”
Muhammad Sani he was lucky to be alive. He said Boko Haram released some of them to so as to explain What they experienced to people in the town and he was very lucky to be among.
“when we remained 13 inside the room, their leader came In saying that they would release the remaining of up so as to explain what happen to the rest. if you like tell the Nigerian Army our location we’ll be waiting for them.”
Finally Muhammad said he has abandoned fishing for life because of what happened and he will think of what job to do next with lesser risk.
“I’m very lucky to be alive, I still see faces of people who were slaughtered in my head, I d abandoned fishing for life, I will find another thing to do.” he said.
Many of the farmers that died came from Zabarmari, which is a neighbouring town. Normally around this time, farmers spend two to three days in Koshebe to farm before returning back to their various houses.
Originally published at https://efogator.com on December 4, 2020.