No fewer than 42 farmers from Aliero town,
in Aliero Local Government Area of Kebbi State have reportedly been
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suspected dislodged members of the Boko Haram terrorists.
The terrorists were reported to have fled Borno State while escaping from the war zone areas.
Governor
Abubakar Atiku Bagudu who confirmed this, on Wednesday, while
addressing World Health Organization (WHO) delegates, said the victims
went to Borno State for farming before they were murdered.
The WHO delegation had visited Kebbi on a courtesy visit.
Governor
Bagudu says, “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.
“They allowed one of them to come home free to say what happened to them”.
Governor
Bagudu added that over 7,000 displaced Nigerians, who crossed over to
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.
Speaking earlier, representative of
WHO in Nigeria, Dr. Wondimagegnehu Alenu, told Governor Bagudu they had
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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