At least 15 people who specialized in
hunting grasshoppers popularly called
‘Fara’ in Hausa have been slaughtered in
the bushes between Gubio and Mobbar
Local Government Areas of Borno state by
suspected members of dreaded Boko
Haram sect. Sources have said.
The incident which happened a week ago
have caused scarcity and raised the price of
the commodity in Maiduguri, the state
capital, as a small measure of fried Fara
which stood at N500 in the past now sales
between N1200 and above. According to a
security source who were mobilized to the
scene told Vanguard that the insurgents
clashed with the victims in the bushes near
Kareto community, north of the state. This
incident is coming barely two weeks when
the military of ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’
reopened the Maiduguri- Gubio- Damasak
road for motorists.
The source revealed that
“15 people were killed
by terrorists while
combing bushes
around Kareto area to
hunt grasshoppers.
“When the
grasshopper hunters
were in the bush,
some group of
terrorists suddenly
appeared and started
shooting sporadically,
after which they killed
one of the hunters
before slaughtering 14
and fled without no
arrest”.
The source said.
Also speaking on the killings, Mrs. Hanatu
Jauro who fries Fara in Maiduguri, told
Vanguard Correspondent in an interview
that since the incident occured, she have
been finding it very difficult to get the
commodity for sale, as one of her customer
was among those killed in the ambush. All
effort to get confirmation from the Police
Public Relations Officer, Victor Isuku
proves abortive as his cell phone lines were
not reacheable at press time.
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