Over 500 farmers and their families from the Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA) are trapped in Baga town, Borno State, following their escape from lethal assaults by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants in northeastern Kukawa.
The assaults that took place in Kwata Yobe and Tudun Kanta on Sunday resulted in numerous fatalities.
Abbah Gwoza, the leader of the displaced farmers in Baga, stated that the victims escaped from ISWAP territories after a renewed bout of violence focused on a joint rescue operation by the Nigerian Army, Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), and relatives attempting to recover the bodies of the deceased farmers.
ISWAP fighters from the Tumbum Shanu region ambushed a joint operation. “While 43 bodies were interred, the operation was halted due to intense gunfire, resulting in injuries to two soldiers and a CJTF member,” Gwoza reported.
The farmers, mainly from the Gwoza and Damargu tribes, have been growing crops like beans…
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