No Farming In Zamfara This Year—Bandits

<p><em>No Farming this year<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has gathered that bandits are making good their threats to ensure that no farming takes place in Zamfara State this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Saturday&comma; the bandits shot dead eight farmers in their farmlands in Damaga village of Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A farmer&comma; Mohammed Sani who narrowly escaped death told journalists that the bandits invaded the farmlands around 9am on Saturday when the farmers were busy clearing their farms&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to him&comma; the bandits who were on motorcycles invaded our farms around 9am in the morning and began to shoot whoever they met in his farmland&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They were able to kill eight people and wounded many&comma; while others ran helter-skelter for their lives&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As I am talking to you now&comma; we are at the burial ground with the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">security agencies<&sol;a>&comma; trying to bury those who have lost their lives&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They have earlier warned that they would not allow us to farm this year&comma; but because the Government has promised to provide us with enough security&comma; we decided to go and clear our farms now that the farming season is around the corner&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Unfortunately for us&comma; the bandits have kept to their promise and attacked us in our farms&comma; killing eight of us&comma;” Sani said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Meanwhile&comma; the bandits have on several occasions warned farmers in the rural areas that they would not allow farming activities to take place this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;